System and method for generating and implementing an end-of-row turn path

US9974225B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CNH Industrial America LLC · US
• Autonomous Solutions, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Nathan Eric Bunderson · Providence, US
• Daniel John Morwood · Petersboro, US
• Brian R. Ray · Chicago, US
• Peter J. Dix · Naperville, US
• Brendan Paul McCarthy · Willowbrook, US
• Bret Todd Turpin · Wellsville, US
• Brett McClelland · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2016
• Grant date: May 22, 2018
• Expiry date: Jun 11, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60W2300/15
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method includes generating a non-continuous curvature end-of-row turn path for an agricultural vehicle, wherein the non-continuous curvature end-of-row turn path includes a plurality of initial segments that are curved or straight, adding at least one continuity segment between each of the initial segments, wherein the at least one continuity segment is a clothoid segment, and the initial segments and the at least one continuity segment combine to form a continuous curvature end-of-row turn path, and implementing the continuous end-of-row turn path, displaying the continuous end-of-row turn path, or both.