US 12,487,603 B2
System and method of assisted or automated crop transfer synchronization
Martin Peter Christiansen, Randers (DK); Ramon Buchaca Tarragona, Randers (DK); and Morten Leth Bilde, Langaa (DK)
Assigned to AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed by AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen (CH)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/181,811.
Claims priority of application No. 2205131 (GB), filed on Apr. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0324927 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/00 (2024.01); A01D 90/10 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0287 (2013.01) [A01D 90/10 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an agricultural crop receiving vehicle comprising:
a bin for receiving and holding agricultural crop material, and
an electromagnetic detecting and ranging module for generating data indicating the presence and location of a harvester; and
a controller comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller to:
receive the data from the electromagnetic detecting and ranging module;
based at least partially on the received data, identify at least one pattern of data points corresponding to a surface or an edge of the harvester;
based on the identified at least one pattern, identify at least one of a header or a body of the harvester;
determine a location of at least one of the header or the body of the harvester using locations of the data points of the identified at least one pattern;
based the determined location of the at least one of the header or the body of the harvester, determine a location of the harvester relative to the agricultural crop receiving vehicle; and
based at least partially on the determined location of the harvester relative to the agricultural crop receiving vehicle, control one or more operations of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle to adjust or maintain a position of the agricultural crop receiving vehicle relative to the harvester.