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US 12,721,265 · App. 18/755,277 · Granted Sep 1, 2026

Control and monitoring systems and methods for auxiliary power usage adjustment for temporary engagement

Inventors: Nathan A Clabby (Milan, IL); Scott N. Clark (Bettendorf, IA)
Assignee: Deere & Company
A01D41/127B60H1/0073
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Patent No.
US 12,721,265
App. No.
18/755,277
Granted
Sep 1, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An agricultural system includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, executable by the one or more processors. The instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, causing the one or more processors to identify a power usage across an agricultural work machine; identify a temporary engagement to be executed by the agricultural work machine; generate power usage adjustment instructions based on the temporary engagement; and control one or more auxiliary subsystems based on the power usage adjustment instructions.

Claims (41)

1 . An agricultural system comprising:

one or more processors;

memory storing instruction, executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

identify power usage across an agricultural work machine;

identify a temporary engagement to be executed by the agricultural work machine;

identify a power usage need associated with the temporary engagement;

generate, based on the power usage and the power usage need associated with the temporary engagement, power usage adjustment instructions comprising an adjustment to the power usage; and

control one or more auxiliary subsystems based on the power usage adjustment instructions.

2 . The agricultural system of claim 1 , wherein the temporary engagement comprises one of a transmission gear shift or activation of an unloading subsystem.

3 . The agricultural system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify the temporary engagement based on one or more of worksite data, historical data, or sensor data.

4 . The agricultural system of claim 1 , wherein the power usage adjustment instructions include power usage reduction instructions and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate the power usage reduction instructions based on the power usage need associated with the temporary engagement.

5 . The agricultural system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more auxiliary subsystems comprise one or more of a coolant subsystem or a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) subsystem.

6 . The agricultural system of claim 4 , wherein the power usage reduction instructions include instructions to at least one of:

deactivate one or more of the one or more auxiliary subsystems; or

change a setting of one or more components of the one or more auxiliary subsystems.

7 . The agricultural system of claim 1 , wherein the power usage across the agricultural work machine comprises a total power usage of the agricultural work machine.

8 . The agricultural system of claim 4 , wherein the power usage adjustment instructions further include power usage increase instructions and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to control the one or more auxiliary subsystems to increase power usage of the one or more auxiliary subsystems prior to execution of the temporary engagement.

9 . A computer implemented method of controlling an agricultural work machine comprising:

identifying power usage across the agricultural work machine;

identifying a temporary engagement to be executed by the agricultural work machine, wherein identifying the temporary engagement comprises identifying the temporary engagement based on one or more of worksite data, historical data, or sensor data;

generating power usage adjustment instructions based on the temporary engagement; and

controlling one or more auxiliary subsystems based on the power usage adjustment instructions.

10 . The computer implemented method of claim 9 and further comprising identifying a power usage need associated with the temporary engagement and wherein generating the power usage adjustment instructions comprises generating the power usage adjustment instructions including power usage reduction instructions based on the power usage need associated with the temporary engagement.

11 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 , wherein controlling the one or more auxiliary subsystems comprises controlling, as the one or more auxiliary subsystems, one or more of a coolant subsystem or a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) subsystem.

12 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the power usage reduction instructions includes generating the power usage reduction instructions including instructions to deactivate one or more of the one or more auxiliary subsystems.

13 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the power usage reduction instructions includes generating the power usage reduction instructions including instructions to change a setting of one or more components of the one or more auxiliary subsystems.

14 . The computer implemented method of claim 10 , wherein generating the power usage adjustment instructions comprises generating the power usage adjustment instructions including power usage increase instructions and wherein controlling the one or more auxiliary subsystems comprises controlling the one or more auxiliary subsystems to increase power usage of the one or more auxiliary subsystems prior to execution of the temporary engagement.

15 . An agricultural work machine comprising:

a first controllable subsystem;

a second controllable subsystem;

one or more processors;

memory storing instruction, executable by the one or more processors, that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

identify power usage across the agricultural work machine;

identify a temporary engagement to be executed by the first controllable subsystem;

identify a power usage need associated with the temporary engagement;

based on the power usage and the power usage need associated with the temporary engagement, generate power usage adjustment instructions; and

control the second controllable subsystem based on the power usage adjustment instructions.

16 . The agricultural work machine of claim 15 , wherein the first controllable subsystem comprises one of a propulsion subsystem, a backshaft subsystem, or an unloading subsystem and wherein the second controllable subsystem comprises one of a coolant subsystem or a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) subsystem.

17 . The agricultural work machine of claim 16 , wherein the power usage adjustment instructions include power usage reduction instructions and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to identify a power usage need associated with the temporary engagement, generate the power usage reduction instructions based on the power usage need associated with the temporary engagement, and control the second controllable subsystem based on the power usage reduction instructions to decrease power usage of the second controllable subsystem during execution of the temporary engagement.

18 . The agricultural work machine of claim 17 , wherein the power usage adjustment instructions further include power usage increase instructions and wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to control the second controllable subsystem to increase power usage of the second controllable subsystem prior to execution of the temporary engagement.

19 . The computer implemented method of claim 9 , wherein identifying the temporary engagement comprises identifying, as the temporary engagement, one of a transmission gear shift or activation of an unloading subsystem.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 27, 2024
From: CLABBY, NATHAN A.; CLARK, SCOTT N.
To: DEERE & COMPANY
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Continuity (1)
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