HARVESTER WITH PREDICTIVE GROUND SPEED REGULATION

摘要

A combine harvester (10), has driven wheels or tracks (14) for moving the combine harvester; a system for detecting characteristics of crop plants (96) in front of the combine harvester and for calculating an expected mass throughput of the combine harvester from said detected physical characteristics; an electronic control (80), configured to control the ground speed of the combine harvester to maintain a desired mass throughput of the combine harvester in consideration of the expected mass throughput of the combine harvester; and a sensor (86) for detecting a combine harvester parameter that is indicative of an actual mass throughput of the combine harvester; wherein the electronic control is configured to compare an output value of the sensor to a value indicating the expected mass throughput and to use a result of the comparison as feedback to control the speed of the combine harvester.

主权项

1. A combine harvester (10), comprising:
driving means (14) for moving the combine harvester (10) at a ground speed (“V”) over a field; a system for detecting physical characteristics of a group of crop plants (96) standing in front of the combine harvester (10) and for calculating an expected mass throughput of the combine harvester (10) from said detected physical characteristics; an electronic control (80), which is configured to automatically control the ground speed (“V”) of the combine harvester (10) to maintain a desired mass throughput of the combine harvester (10) by taking into consideration the expected mass throughput of the combine harvester (10); and a sensor (86) for detecting a parameter of the combine harvester (10) indicative of an actual mass throughput of the combine harvester (10); wherein the electronic control (80) is configured to compare an output value of the sensor (86) to a value indicative of the expected mass throughput and to use a result of the comparison as a feedback value to control the ground speed (“V”) of the combine harvester (10).