IP Library Granted Patent US 8,935,060
Granted Patent B2
US 8,935,060 · App. 13/942,832 · Granted Jan 13, 2015

Driver assistance system for agricultural working machine

Inventors: Joachim Baumgarten (Beelen, DE); Andreas Wilken (Bissendorf, DE); Sebastian Neu (Bad Laer, DE); Christoph Heitmann (Warendorf, DE); Christoph Bussmann (Harsewinkel, DE); Henner Voecking (Rietberg, DE); Boris Kettelhoit (Guetersloh, DE)
Assignee: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Erntemaschinen GmbH
A01D41/127G05B13/021
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Patent No.
US 8,935,060
App. No.
13/942,832
Granted
Jan 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A driver assistance system for an agricultural working machine includes at least one control/regulating unit designed to adjust and monitor working parameters, quality parameters or both, of the agricultural working machine in an automatable manner based on use of a family of characteristics stored in the control/regulating unit. A selectable process implementation strategy is specified in order to automatically monitor or adjust at least one working parameter or quality parameter or both of the agricultural working machine. The driver assistance system suggests that the process implementation strategy be changed at least when the specified setpoint value of one or more of the quality parameters cannot be reached within the preselected process implementation strategy.

Claims (14)

1. A driver assistance system for an agricultural working machine, comprising

at least one control/regulating unit including a memory and which adjusts and monitors working parameters, quality parameters or both of the agricultural working machine in an automatable manner using a family of characteristics stored in the memory, and enables that a selectable process implementation strategy is specified in order to automatically monitor and/or adjust at least one working parameter, quality parameter or both of the agricultural working machine,

wherein the driver assistance system ( 28 ) suggests that the process implementation strategy ( 61 ) be changed at least when the specified setpoint value of one or more of the quality parameters ( 40 ) cannot be reached within the preselected process implementation strategy ( 61 ).

2. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the driver assistance system ( 28 ) also suggests that the process implementation strategy ( 61 ) be changed when values can be obtained for one or more of the quality parameters ( 40 ) that are more favorable than the values defined by the specified setpoint value.

3. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein repeated interaction of the operator ( 24 ) with the driver assistance system ( 28 ) for the purpose of optimizing the working parameter ( 37 ) or the quality parameter ( 40 ) or both prompts the driver assistance system ( 28 ) to suggest that the process implementation strategy ( 61 ) he changed.

4. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication with the driver assistance system ( 28 ) is in the form of natural language.

5. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein repeated interaction of the operator ( 24 ) with the driver assistance system ( 28 ) results in a shift of the weighting of at least one or more quality parameters ( 40 ).

6. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein the selectable process implementation strategies ( 61 ) include any of the group process implementation strategies consisting of a “maximum throughput” ( 61 b ), a “minimal fuel consumption” ( 61 c ), a “high threshing quality” ( 61 d ) and a “balanced” ( 61 a ).

7. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein effects on a mode of operation of the agricultural working machine ( 1 ) resulting from the process implementation strategy ( 61 ) being changed are incorporated in the display ( 60 ) of the driver assistance system ( 28 ) in the form of natural language.

8. The driver assistance system according to claim 1 , wherein a description of the suggested process implementation strategy ( 61 ) is depicted on the display ( 60 ) of the driver assistance system ( 28 ) in the form of natural language.

9. An agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the working parameters ( 37 ) can include machine parameter settings ( 38 b ) and crop parameters.

10. The agricultural working machine according to claim 9 , wherein the quality parameters ( 40 ) include parameters from the group consisting of “loss due to separation” ( 42 ), “loss due to cleaning” ( 43 ), “tailings” ( 41 ), “volume of tailings” ( 41 a ) and “portion of grain in the tailings” ( 41 b ).

11. The agricultural working machine according to claim 9 , wherein the families of characteristics ( 48 ) describing the quality criteria ( 40 ) are stored in automatic settings, wherein each automatic setting ( 48 ) is visualized in the display unit ( 22 ) by a pictogram ( 59 , wherein the activation of an automatic setting ( 45 ) is visualized by emphasizing the particular pictogram ( 59 ) and wherein the deactivation of the particular automatic setting ( 45 ) is visualized by hiding the particular pictogram ( 59 ).

12. The agricultural working machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control/regulating unit ( 23 ) is automatically activated upon start-up of the working machine ( 1 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2013
From: BAUMGARTEN, JOACHIM; WILKEN, ANDREAS; NEU, SEBASTIAN; HEITMANN, CHRISTOPH; BUSSMANN, CHRISTOPH; VOECKING, HENNER; KETTELHOIT, BORIS
To: CLAAS SELBSTFAHRENDE ERNTEMASCHINEN GMBH
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Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2012 106 390 · Jul 16, 2012 · national
DE 10 2013 106 131 · Jun 13, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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