AUTOGUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINE

摘要

A system and method for providing autoguidance for an agricultural machine (102). The system includes a main machine control module (204) to control steering of the agricultural machine (102), a position determining system (208), and a guidance map (222). The system also includes an autoguidance control module (212) to receive a position signal from the position determining system (208) and data from the guidance map (222), and responsively determine a current position and a desired path to traverse by the agricultural machine (102), wherein the desired path (304) to traverse is determined with respect to rows of crop in a field, and wherein the main machine control module (204) is adapted to receive a control signal from the autoguidance control module (212) and control steering of the agricultural machine (102) in response to activation of the autoguidance control module (212) control signal.