Apparatus and method providing a propulsion safeing sub-system in an agricultural windrower
US7920947B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 31, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D69/00
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and a method for monitoring the performance of control algorithms, providing a safeing subsystem for a vehicle, particularly an agricultural windrower, for determining when a controlled system such as the propulsion system is no longer tracking a reference input signal sufficiently well. An appropriate action can then be executed, such as outputting a fault signal and/or shutting down the controlled system. An exponentially decaying integrator can be used to monitor the tracking errors.
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