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Method for generating reference driving tracks for agricultural working machines

US8332135B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH · DE

Inventors

Norbert Diekhans · Gütersloh, DE
Lars Peter Meyer Zu Helligen · Spenge, DE
Gerhard Nienaber · Oelde, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2009
Grant date	Dec 11, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA01B69/007
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Generation of one or more reference driving tracks for use in automatic route planning of an agricultural working vehicle includes driving along a starting route of an agricultural field to be worked, recording the starting route in a data processing device, selecting at least one section of the recorded starting route as a reference driving track, investigating the starting route along its entire length for changes in direction, and in the selecting at least one section, selecting a section as the reference driving track only if a change in direction that falls below a limit value is not found anywhere along an entire length of the section.

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