Vehicle to vehicle (V2V) return to last fill point
View Patent ↗A vehicle control system for an agricultural vehicle comprising a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to receive position information associated with a position of at least one of a second agricultural vehicle or a vehicular implement, determine, based on the position information, an unloading point associated with a position of an unloading mechanism relative to a receiving container, store the determined position, operate at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined unloading point.
1. A vehicle control system for an agricultural vehicle, the vehicle control system comprising:
a processing circuit including a processor and memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processing circuit to:
receive position information associated with a position of at least one of a second agricultural vehicle or a vehicular implement from a geolocation sensor;
determine, based on the position information from the geolocation sensor, a first fill position, wherein the first fill position includes a first unloading point associated with a position of an unloading mechanism relative to a receiving container;
operate at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a first subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined first unloading point;
identify a first fill point associated with the first fill position is full;
in response to identifying that the first fill point is full, determining a second fill position of the receiving container, wherein the second fill position includes a second unloading point;
operate the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a second subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined second unloading point;
store the determined second fill position used to operate the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle; and
resume, after stopping operation of the at least one agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle, operating the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle based on the stored determined second fill position.
2. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein the position information includes global positioning system (GPS) data.
3. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein the position information includes relative position information describing a position of at least one of the second agricultural vehicle or the vehicular implement relative to the agricultural vehicle.
4. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to share the determined first fill position with an external system.
5. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein operating at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle includes positioning a grain cart relative to the unloading mechanism autonomously without user input.
6. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein the determined first fill position is used to calculate a fill characteristic of the receiving container.
7. The vehicle control system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicular implement includes a grain cart.
8. A method of positioning a receiving container, comprising:
receiving, by a processor, position information associated with a position of at least one of a second agricultural vehicle or a vehicular implement from a geolocation sensor;
determining, by the processor, based on the position information from the geolocation sensor, a first fill position, wherein the first fill position includes a first unloading point associated with a position of an unloading mechanism relative to a receiving container;
operating, by the processor, at least one of a first agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a first subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined first unloading point;
identifying, by the processor, a first fill point associated with the first fill point is full;
in response to identifying that the first fill point is full, determining, by the processor, a second fill position of the receiving container, wherein the second fill position includes a second unloading point;
operating, by the processor, the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a second subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined second unloading point;
storing, by the processor, the determined second fill position used to operate the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle; and
resuming, by the processor, after stopping operation of the at least one agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle, operating the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle based on the stored determined second fill position.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the position information includes global positioning system (GPS) data.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the position information includes relative position information describing a position of at least one of the second agricultural vehicle or the vehicular implement relative to the first agricultural vehicle.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising sharing, by the processor, the determined first fill position with an external system.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein operating at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle includes positioning a grain cart relative to the unloading mechanism autonomously without user input.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determined first fill position is used to calculate a fill characteristic of the receiving container.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the vehicular implement includes a grain cart.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
receive position information associated with a position of at least one of a second agricultural vehicle or a vehicular implement from a geolocation sensor;
determine, based on the position information from the geolocation sensor, a first fill position, wherein the first fill position includes a first unloading point associated with a position of an unloading mechanism relative to a receiving container;
operate at least one of a first agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a first subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined first unloading point;
identify a first fill point associated with the first fill position is full;
in response to identifying that the first fill point is full, determining a second fill position of the receiving container, wherein the second fill position includes a second unloading point;
operate the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle to position the receiving container such that a second subsequent unloading point is the same as the determined second unloading point;
store the determined second fill position used to operate the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle; and
resume, after stopping operation of the at least one agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle, operating the at least one of the agricultural vehicle or the second agricultural vehicle based on the stored determined second fill position.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the position information includes global positioning system (GPS) data.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the position information includes relative position information describing a position of at least one of the second agricultural vehicle or the vehicular implement relative to the first agricultural vehicle.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to share the determined first fill position with an external system.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the determined first fill position is used to calculate a fill characteristic of the receiving container.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the vehicular implement includes a grain cart.