US 12,455,570 B2
Systems and methods for hay and forage workflow mapping
Jason Shonk, New Holland, PA (US); and Nathan Drzal, New Holland, PA (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on May 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/143,490.
Prior Publication US 2024/0370019 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC G05D 1/0212 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0094 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for hay and forage workflow mapping, the system comprising:
an agricultural vehicle;
a sensor array communicatively coupled to the agricultural vehicle, the sensor array including one or more sensors configured to collect cutting data corresponding to a crop cutting operation of a crop, raking data corresponding to a crop raking operation of the crop, and gathering data corresponding to a crop gathering operation of the crop; and
a control system communicatively coupled to the agricultural vehicle, the control system comprising processing circuitry configured to:
receive the cutting data;
generate a cutting map from the cutting data;
generate, based at least in part on the cutting map, a proposed raking path for the crop raking operation;
autonomously operate the agricultural vehicle along the proposed raking path;
receive the raking data;
generate, based at least in part on the raking data, a raking map;
determine, based at least in part on the raking data, an average stem direction of the crop;
generate, based at least in part on the raking map and the average stem direction of the crop, a proposed gathering path for the crop gathering operation such that a direction of travel of the proposed gathering path provides a stem-first gathering of the crop;
receive the gathering data; and
generate a gathering map from the gathering data.