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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Benedikt Jung, Kaiserslautern, DE;
Philipp Muench, Kaiserslautern, DE;
DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);
Abstract
A combine harvester (), has driven wheels or tracks () for moving the combine harvester; a system for detecting characteristics of crop plants () in front of the combine harvester and for calculating an expected mass throughput of the combine harvester from the detected physical characteristics; an electronic control (), configured to control the ground speed of the combine harvester to maintain a desired mass throughput of the combine harvester in consideration of the expected mass throughput of the combine harvester; and a sensor () for detecting a combine harvester parameter that is indicative of an actual mass throughput of the combine harvester; wherein the electronic control is configured to compare an output value of the sensor to a value indicating the expected mass throughput and to use a result of the comparison as feedback to control the speed of the combine harvester.