Deere & Company

Eric M Thies

Mitchell R Usasz

Timothy James Kraus

Daniel Eric Derscheid

David V Rotole

Jeremy J Faust

Gerald W Shook

Walter Craig Wright

Kellen B Hill

Bart A Coffman

Tyler J Brown

Tom Morrison

Walter C Wright

A method of monitoring a status of a supply of wrap material of a baler implement includes receiving a supply roll length input when a new supply roll of wrap material is loaded into a wrap system of the baler implement. A respective length of the wrap material used to wrap each bale since receiving the supply roll length input is determined and summed together to define a total current used wrap value. The total current used wrap value is subtracted from the total longitudinal length to define a current remaining length of the wrap material. A notification signal is communicated to a communicator to indicate to an operator the current remaining length of the wrap material on the supply roll of the wrap material.

Round baler wrap usage indicator

Systems and methods for controlling formation of a windrow in response to a single control input. The single control input represents a desired windrow width. The single control input is used to determine positions of components of a cutter implement, such as side shields and a swath flap, that are used to form a windrow having the desired windrow width represented or that is otherwise associated with the single control input.

Systems and methods for controlling windrow size

A crop windrow monitoring system includes an image sensor positioned to include a field of view facing a rearward direction of a power unit, and a visual monitor operable to display an image. A computing device is operable to determine an intended direction of movement of the power unit. The image is displayed on the visual monitor in a first mode having a first magnification when the intended direction of movement includes the rearward direction. The image is displayed on the visual monitor in a second mode having a second magnification and overlaid with indicia indicating a width of the windrow when the intended direction of movement includes the forward direction. The second magnification may be larger than the first magnification.

Rearward facing multi-purpose camera with windrow width indications

A baling system including a working component, where the working component has at least one of a pickup assembly, a rotor assembly, or a lifter assembly, a frame supporting the working component, a first drive system configured to drive the working component, a second drive system configured to drive the working component, and a remote controller configured to selectively control the operation of the second drive system when the first drive system is operatively disengaged from the working component.

Remote control system

A method of adjusting a hydraulic drive system includes determining a forward park position value, a reverse park position value, an initial forward position value, and an initial reverse position value of a control device and using these values to calculate a forward buffer value and a reverse buffer value. The forward buffer value and the reverse buffer value are used to determine an adjustment amount for the drive system. The adjustment amount can be used to properly adjust a drive system to avoid system errors.

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Ottumwa, IA, United States of America

Eric M Thies