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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Agjunction Llc, Hiawatha, KS (US);

Inventors:

Tri M. Dang, Durack, AU;

Timothy J. Sullivan, Kedron, AU;

Assignee:

AGJUNCTION LLC, Hiawatha, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 15/02 (2006.01); B62D 6/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 6/002 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01); B62D 6/001 (2013.01); B62D 15/02 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

A guidance system may derive a K-turn path when a vehicle reaches an end of a first way line in a field. The guidance system may send the K-turn path to a steering controller to turn the vehicle around in a headland area to the beginning of a second way-line in the field. A first segment of the K-turn path may turn the vehicle along a first path in a forward direction and a second segment of the K-turn path may turn the vehicle along a second path in a reverse direction. A third segment of the K-turn path may turn the vehicle along a third path in the forward direction to a starting location of the second way-line. The K-turn path uses less area than other types of turns reducing the amount of headland used for turning around the vehicle.


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