Method and apparatus for providing autoguidance for multiple agricultural machines
US6205381A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 20, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/0285
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing autoguidance for a plurality of agricultural machines. Each agricultural machine has a work implement attached to it. The method includes the steps of determining a reference path by a first agricultural machine, communicating the location of the reference path to each remaining agricultural machine, and determining a plurality of desired paths parallel to the reference path by each of the plurality of agricultural machines. Each plurality of desired paths is determined as a function of the width of the corresponding work implement for each respective agricultural machine.
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