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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2013
Applicants:
Agco Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);
Agco International Gmbh, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, CH;
Theo Volger, Bad Worishofen, DE;
Ludwig Grandl, Olching, DE;
Bastain Kieninger, Lahr, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AGCO International GmbH, Neuhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 71/02 (2006.01); G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01B 71/02 (2013.01); G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for defining a contoured path for an automatic guidance system comprises defining a plurality of reference path segments; for each segment, determining one or more intersection points respectively with other segments; and subsequently defining a contoured path as a sequence of intersecting segments. An automatic guidance system based on the method is also provided.