Harvester suspension
US9897429B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01D46/24
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A harvesting vehicle including a body including a plurality of picking systems configured to be carried over plants growing in one or more plant beds to harvest crops of the plants. Each picking system can include an imaging system and can be configured to (a) determine a height of the picking system over one of the one or more plant beds as the picking system is carried over the plants and (b) provide distance measurement data based on the height. The harvesting vehicle also can include a plurality of wheels each having a vertical position with respect to the body. The harvesting vehicle also can include a suspension control system configured to perform: receiving the distance measurement data from the plurality of picking systems; determining adjustment information for an adjustment of the vertical position of one or more of the plurality of wheels with respect to the body based at least in part on the distance measurement data provided by at least one of the plurality of picking systems; and controlling the adjustment of the vertical position of the one or more of the plurality of wheels with respect to the body based on the adjustment information. Other embodiments are provided…
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