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Agricultural work machine for avoiding anomalies

US10292321B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dennis Neitemeier · Lippetal, DE
Thilo Krause · Glinde, DE
Timo Korthals · Bielefeld, DE
Andreas Skiba · Bielefeld, DE
Boris Kettelhoit · Vellmar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 7, 2017
Grant date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 7, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30261
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An agricultural work machine configured to avoid anomalies is disclosed. Agricultural work machines may encounter anomalies, such as obstacles (e.g., tires) or irregularities in the crop (e.g., weeds), which can reduce the quality of the harvested crop. Manually steering the agricultural work machine requires the constant attention of the vehicle operator. Thus, the agricultural work machine is configured to include sensors to generate one or more images (such as images of various regions of the agricultural work machine), an image processing system to process the images and a control unit to avoid the anomalies (e.g., avoid the identified anomalies, to drive in tracks, and/or to stop the agricultural work machine).

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