US 12,433,183 B2
Agricultural assistance system, agricultural machine, and agricultural assistance apparatus
Kotaro Yamaguchi, Sakai (JP); Ken Sakuta, Sakai (JP); Ryo Kuboshima, Sakai (JP); and Kuya Kaihori, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/073,602.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-214361 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200282 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/04 (2006.01); B62D 15/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [B62D 15/025 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural assistance system comprising:
a controller, including a processor, to create, on a map representing an agricultural field, a travel route along which an agricultural machine travels;
an input interface to receive input, from a user, of a first turn mode that is preregistered among more than one predetermined turn modes differing in terms of how a traveling device of the agricultural machine is driven;
a position detector to detect a position of the agricultural machine;
an automatic operation controller to perform, based on the travel route created by the controller, the first turn mode, and the position of the agricultural machine detected by the position detector, automatic operation of the agricultural machine to cause the agricultural machine to travel and to cause the agricultural machine to turn in the first turn mode; and
a display; wherein
in response to the user inputting, during the automatic operation of the agricultural machine performed by the automatic operation controller, a second turn mode which is different from the first turn mode and selected by the user among the more than one predetermined turn modes via the input interface, the controller is configured or programmed to output, to the automatic operation controller, a change command to cause the agricultural machine to turn in the second turn mode;
the automatic operation controller is configured or programmed to, during the automatic operation of the agricultural machine, upon receipt of the change command, cause the agricultural machine to turn in the second turn mode indicated by the change command when the agricultural machine turns in a next turn; and
the controller is configured or programmed to:
cause the display to, during the automatic operation of the agricultural machine performed by the automatic operation controller, display the map, the travel route, the position of the agricultural machine, and the first turn mode, and operably display a turn mode change key, to thereby allow the input interface to receive input of the second turn mode upon operation on the turn mode change key; and
cause the display to, while the agricultural machine is turning during the automatic operation of the agricultural machine performed by the automatic operation controller, inoperably display the turn mode change key, to thereby not allow the input interface to receive input of the second turn mode upon operation on the turn mode change key.