System and Method for Controlling Height of a Harvesting Machine Header Reel
Dossier Overview
Applicant
AGCO Corporation
Inventor
Jared J. Koch; Manish Naryal
IPC Classification
CPC Classification
A reel height control system implemented on a combine harvester or other agricultural machine having a rotatable reel includes one or more sensors for sensing a crop to be harvested and generating corresponding sensor signals; machine controls for raising or lowering the reel; and a processing unit for receiving the sensor signals from the sensors, determining a height of the crop based on the sensor signals, and controlling the machine controls to position the reel to follow the height of the crop.
Original (Chinese)
A reel height control system implemented on a combine harvester or other agricultural machine having a rotatable reel includes one or more sensors for sensing a crop to be harvested and generating corresponding sensor signals; machine controls for raising or lowering the reel; and a processing unit for receiving the sensor signals from the sensors, determining a height of the crop based on the sensor signals, and controlling the machine controls to position the reel to follow the height of the crop.
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