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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2020
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Michael G. Kean, Dubuque, IA (US);
Drew F. Harwell, Dubuque, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A self-propelled work vehicle is provided with systems and methods for communicating the presence of nearby objects to an operator. A horizontally rotatable machine frame supports a work implement which is further vertically rotatable. Various object sensors are each configured to generate object signals representative of detected objects in respective fields of vision. A controller determines a working area for the work vehicle, corresponding at least to a swing radius of the machine frame and optionally further to a swing radius of the work implement at a given orientation and/or angle of rotation. The controller determines positions of each detected object relative to the machine frame based on the object signals and known positions of the respective object sensors, and generates output signals based on the determined object positions with respect to the working area. The output signals may facilitate vehicle interventions, and/or visual alerts corresponding to bird's eye displays.