US 12,477,969 B2
Automatic maneuvering of an agricultural vehicle at a farmyard
Oliver Kaufmann, Marktoberdorf (DE)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Appl. No. 18/246,065
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/056807
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 21, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/090815, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2017236 (GB), filed on Oct. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0363302 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/04 (2006.01); E05F 15/70 (2015.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [E05F 15/70 (2015.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatically maneuvering an agricultural vehicle to at least a predefined path segment, comprising:
gathering a plurality of predefined path segments, wherein each of the path segments of the plurality of path segments is unconnected to the others of the plurality of path segments;
determining which of the plurality of predefined path segments are free from an obstacle;
selecting a free path segment from the plurality of predefined path segments being free from an obstacle; and
calculating a path from the position of the agricultural vehicle to the selected free path segment.