Combine harvester

US10231380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Christoph Heitmann · Warendorf, DE
• Andreas Wilken · Bissendorf, DE
• Joachim Baumgarten · Beelen, DE
• Sebastian Neu · Bad Laer, DE
• Christoph Bussmann · Harsewinkel, DE
• Henner Voecking · Rietberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 19, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 24, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B13/04
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A combine harvester includes a threshing unit for threshing picked-up crop to obtain grain, a driver assistance system, with a memory for storing data, for controlling the threshing unit, and a computing unit for processing at least the data stored in the memory. A sensor system ascertains at least a portion of the current harvesting-process state. A sensor configuration assigned to the sensor system is defined by the type and scope of operational sensors is stored or can be stored in the memory. A functional system model for at least a portion of the combine harvester is stored in the memory. The computing unit is designed to carry out an autonomous determination of a threshing-unit parameter based on the system model, and defines the system model forming a basis of the control of the threshing unit depending on the sensor configuration stored in the memory.