METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE SYSTEMS

摘要

The present invention provides a method for controlling an agricultural vehicle system when moving along a course of travel over a field. The method comprises: providing (190) a field model correlating a field characteristic, e.g. a farmland condition such as farmland slope, or a crop condition such as crop density or moisture,to a specific location in the field, for example indicated by x and y coordinates; from the field model and at least one previously obtained value for the field characteristic, predicting (191) a value for the field characteristic in front of the agricultural vehicle system thus obtaining an anticipated field characteristic, and; controlling (192) the agricultural vehicle system at least partly in response to the anticipated field characteristic. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, providing (190) a field model correlating a field characteristic to a specific location in the field includes assuming that the field characteristic varies in a continuous manner.