AUTOMATED FILL CONTAINER TO WEIGHT

• Main Authors: Wonderlich, Grant J, Waldo, Michael A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 24.04.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; FISHING; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MOWING; TRAPPING

One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for automating the collection of product harvested from a site, such as grain from a field, and filling truck trailer for transport off site. These techniques can help operations that want to improve efficiency, while reducing field compaction and other issues related to weather or environmental conditions. A predetermined level of product can be identified for the target truck trailer, and an optimized fill method can be determined for filling the truck trailer efficiently using one or more mobile transport containers moving product from the field. A sensor array can detect an amount of the product disposed in the mobile transport container during transfer, and used to fill the mobile transport container to a predetermined level based at least on the optimized fill method. The mobile transport container is then used to fill the target truck-trailer container to its predetermined level.