SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUSLY CLEARING A WINDROW

• Main Authors: MATHEW, Shawn N, LIU, Yang, LI, Yongtao
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 06.03.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONTROLLING; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; DREDGING; FISHING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; FORESTRY; FOUNDATIONS; HARVESTING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MOWING; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REGULATING; SOIL SHIFTING; SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRAPPING

A controller-implemented method for automated control of at least one of an autonomous or semiautonomous machine to clear at least one windrow along a work surface. The method includes utilizing a visual perception sensor to detect said windrow, generating a plurality of windrow visual detection sig...