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Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventors:

Kevin M. Smith, Narvon, PA (US);

John H. Posselius, Ephrata, PA (US);

Cory Douglas Hunt, Millersville, PA (US);

Christopher A. Foster, Mohnton, PA (US);

Joshua David Harmon, Lititz, PA (US);

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/02 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0257 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one aspect, a method for distributing crop material for ensilage may include determining, with a computing device, a storage volume for the crop material. The method may also include dividing, with the computing device, the determined storage volume into a plurality of planes. Each plane of the plurality of planes may be spaced apart from each other plane of the plurality of planes along a vertical direction. Furthermore, the method may include controlling, with the computing device, an operation of at least one of a work vehicle or an associated implement in a manner that distributes a portion of the crop material on a given plane of the plurality of planes.


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