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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1999
Peter Leslie Falck, Waterloo, IA (US);
Trent Lynn Goodnight, Waterloo, IA (US);
Stephen Paul Lang, New Hartford, IA (US);
Bruce Craig Newendorp, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Michael Owen Youngblood, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Carl Edwin Kittle, Cedar Falls, IA (US);
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A tractor includes various actuators or functions, such as a powershift transmission, a hitch and hitch control system, a PTO, a plurality of selective control valves, etc., all controlled by one or more control units in response to sensed parameters and operator manipulated control devices, such as switches, knobs and levers. A function management system includes a programmed control unit which has a learn/save mode which is operable while the vehicle is moving. During the learn/save mode the operator performs a sequence of manual manipulations of the operator control devices, and the control unit records and then stores information pertaining to the sequence of operations, together with information pertaining to the distances traveled by the tractor between operations. The control unit also has an execute or replay mode, operable in response to an operator command signal, wherein the control unit automatically performs the stored sequence of operations so that the sequence of operations is performed at the same distance intervals at which they were learned, regardless of the speed of the vehicle.