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Method for adjusting a working unit of a harvesting machine

US7877969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 2006
Grant dateFeb 1, 2011
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01D41/1277
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of adjusting at least one working unit of a harvesting machine includes taking pictures or picture series of a crop-material flow at a position downstream from a particular working unit in a crop-material conveyance path at various setting states with certain control parameter setting values of the working unit, storing the pictures or picture series such that they are assigned to control parameter setting values belonging to a particular setting state, with which a picture or a picture series is selected based on an analysis of the crop-material flow depicted in the picture or picture series, and adjusting the particular working unit using the control parameter setting values assigned to the selected picture or the selected picture series; and a harvesting machine carries out the method.

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