12011 results about "Agricultural machinery" patented technology

For controlling several agricultural machine systems during operation on a territory, based on a reference line, an optimized route for working the territory is determined for the particular machine system, and the particular machine system is driven along this route. The reference line is determined by recording a reference path that was driven along with a first machine system, and the first machine system is controlled based on this reference line with consideration for the working conditions of the first machine system. This reference line is also transmitted by the first machine system to at least one second machine system, which is controlled based on this reference line of the first machine system and with consideration for the working conditions of the second machine system. A corresponding control system for controlling several agricultural machine systems during operation of a territory is also described.

For creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems for working a territory, the machine systems include route planning data determination devices and they exchange data with each other and, based on exchanged route planning data, one shared route plan is created for the particular territory. For controlling a group of agricultural working machine systems while it works a territory, one shared route plan—which has been created accordingly—is used, and a route planning system is provided for creating a route plan for a group of agricultural working machine systems to be used to work a territory.

The invention discloses a cucumber picking robot system in a greenhouse environment. The robot system comprises a binocular stereo vision system, a mechanical arm device and a robot mobile platform; the binocular stereo vision system is used for acquiring cucumber images, processing the images in real time and acquiring the position information of the acquired targets; the mechanical arm device is used for capturing and separating the acquired targets according to the position information of the acquired targets; and the robot mobile platform is used for independently moving in the greenhouse environment; wherein, the binocular stereo vision system comprises two black and white cameras, a dual-channel vision real-time processor, a lighting device and an optical filtering device; the mechanical arm device comprises an actuator, a motion control card and a joint actuator; and the robot mobile platform comprises a running mechanism, a motor actuator, a tripod head camera, a processor and a motion controller. The invention also discloses a cucumber picking method in the greenhouse environment. The method of combining machine vision and agricultural machinery is adopted to construct the cucumber picking robot system which is suitable for the greenhouse environment, thus realizing automatic robot navigation and automatic cucumber reaping, and reducing the human labor intensity.

In a route planning system and method for agricultural working machines, a defined working width is assigned to the agricultural working machines to generate driving routes in a territory, and dynamic adaptation of the planned driving route is carried out thereby ensuring that the driving route to be covered is flexibly adaptable to changing external conditions such as driving around obstacles, thereby largely relieving the operator of the agricultural working machine of the task of performing laborious steering maneuvers.

The invention relates to the field of agricultural machinery, in particular to a poria cocos dicing machine. The poria cocos dicing machine comprises a machine frame, a hopper, a collection box, a transmission device, a squeezing and pushing device, a slicing device, a partition device and a dicing device. An upper installation platform and a lower installation platform are respectively arranged on the machine frame, the hopper is located on the lower right side of the upper installation platform, and the collection box is located under the hopper; the transmission device is located between the upper installation platform and the lower installation platform; the squeezing and pushing device is located behind the upper installation platform and used for pushing poria cocos onto the slicing device; the slicing device is located in front of the squeezing and pushing device and can slice the poria cocos; the partition device is located in the middle of the upper installation platform and can arrange the sliced poria cocos onto a conveying belt uniformly; the dicing device is located right in front of the partition device and can rapidly dice the sliced poria cocos which is well arranged. The poria cocos dicing machine can achieves the function that the poria cocos is sliced firstly and then diced, and solve the problems that as for conventional manual dicing, labor intensity is high and dicing efficiency is low.

A route planning system for an agricultural working machine including at least one crop material storage unit for storing quantities of crop material transferable to forage vehicles, has a unit for generating driving routes in a territory based on a defined working width assigned to the agricultural working machine, a unit for reconciling a crop material quantity stored in the crop material storage unit depending on at least one characteristic parameter, and a unit for dynamically adapting the reconciliation to changes in the at least one characteristic parameter.

A method of combined intercropping and mulching of commercial crops is described herein. Suitable annuals such as young wheat and / or buckwheat plants are planted in soil in which legumes were originally planted. A portion of the resulting upper portions of young wheat and / or buckwheat plants is mowed and blended with organic debris to provide nutrients for intercropped commercial plants such as corn and soybeans. The remaining portion is chopped blended with organic debris and sprayed onto the top layer of seeded soil as combination mulch. For larger commercial applications, conventional agricultural machines are described herein, and are modified for the most efficient intercropping. For best results, at least one intercropped commercial plant should be a legume.

A route planning system for an agricultural working machine including at least one crop material storage unit for storing quantities of crop material transferable to forage vehicles, has a unit for generating driving routes in a territory based on a defined working width assigned to the agricultural working machine, a unit for reconciling a crop material quantity stored in the crop material storage unit depending on at least one characteristic parameter, and a unit for dynamically adapting the reconciliation to changes in the at least one characteristic parameter.

The invention relates to martensite series wear-resistant steel and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the technical field of wear-resistant steel. The steel comprises the following chemical components: 0.05-0.51wt% of C, 2.0-10wt% of Mn, 0-1.5wt% of Al, 0-1.5wt% of Si, 0-1.5wt% of Cr, 0-1.5wt% of Cu, 0-1.5wt% of Ni and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the Mn / C ratio is not less than 9. Based on this, the following one or more composite elements can be optionally added: 0.02-0.50wt% of Mo, 0.02-0.50wt% of V, 0.02-0.50wt% of Nb, 0.01-0.5wt% of Ti, 0.02-0.50wt% of B and 0.02-0.50wt% of RE. The wear-resistant steel provided by the invention is easy to produce, low in cost and high in performance. The invention is applicable to the technical field of wear-resistant materials for mines, energy, transportation, agricultural machinery, engineering machinery and other industries.

The invention belongs to the field of agricultural machinery and relates to an accurate picking actuating mechanism of a strawberry picking robot and a ridge-culture strawberry picking robot. The accurate picking actuating mechanism of the strawberry picking robot comprises a mixed coordinate type motion device, a mechanical claw device connected with the mixed coordinate type motion device, and a supporting and connecting device used for fixing the mixed coordinate type motion device. The picking actuating mechanism is simple in structure, compact in volume and flexible in operation; moreover, the picking actuating mechanism is low in cost, thereby not only adapting to ridge-culture strawberry picking in different cultivation patterns, but also realizing multidirectional picking for strawberries positioned at different directions and at different positions. The ridge-culture strawberry picking robot comprises an accurate picking and gathering device and a wide-range movement supporting device of the accurate picking actuating mechanism of the strawberry picking robot and can realize continuous picking for ridge-culture strawberries.

The planting arm of the direct-taking wide-narrow row splitting mechanism belongs to agricultural machinery; the planting arm includes a planting arm shell and a cam fitted on the planting arm shell, a shift fork shaft, a shift fork, a seedling pusher and a seedling claw, and the cam The cam axis and the shifting fork axis of the shifting fork shaft are arranged in a space staggered angle, through the space staggered angle, the pusher bar and the seedling claws are perpendicular to the rice transplanter seedling door, and the pusher bar and the seedling claws are aligned with each other. The working direction of the rice transplanter is parallel; the planting arm realizes the operation of wide and narrow rows to form rectangular seedling blocks when picking seedlings, and the two sides of the claws act on the seedling blocks at the same time, and the seedlings are vertical when transplanting. The structure is simple and reasonable, and the operation quality is good. features.

This disclosure is directed to the field of agricultural machinery and relates to implements generally used in combination with a multi-row soil trench closing mechanism. Specifically, the disclosure relates to row treating units adapted to be attached to and following a multi-row planter and incorporating a combination of tools that includes a seed trench closing wheel assembly and a firming / packing wheel assembly. The deployment of and down force exerted by the packing wheel is independently adjustable and controlled using pneumatic air bag operators and the soil penetration of the trench closing wheels is limited.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, in particular to a deep plastic film residue screening and recycling machine matching with a four-wheel tractor in use. The deep plastic film residue screening and recycling machine is hung on the four-wheel tractor through a connecting frame, the entire deep plastic film residue screening and recycling machine uses a left side plate and a right side plate for connection and land wheels as supports, a transmission is fixedly on a transmission support fixed on the rear side of the connecting frame and in power connection with the four-wheel tractor through a spline connecting shaft, a first driving chain wheel is fixed to the middle of a transmission main shaft of the transmission, and a second driving chain wheel is fixed on the outer side of the right side plate of the right end of the transmission main shaft; an exhaust inlet and a centrifugal fan are fixed in the rears of the left side plate and the right side plate through a fan support frame; a collection box is fixed at the rear ends of the left side plate and the right side plate through a collection box support frame. The deep plastic film residue screening and recycling machine is simple in structure, easy to operate, convenient to use and clean and thorough in plastic film recycling and is a satisfactory agricultural machine for protection of cultivated land.

The invention relates to a sectional sugar cane combine harvester, which belongs to the agricultural machine field and comprises a topper shear plate, a left holding device of the sugar cane, a right holding device of the sugar cane, a sugar cane pressing roller, a feeding roller, a cutter, a conveying roller, a plurality of upper conveying rollers, a plurality of down conveying rollers, a down cutting roller, an upper cutting roller, a frame, a lifter and a Level I trash separator. The utility model is characterized in that the sugar cane pressing roller, feeding roller and the cutter are arranged at both plates of the middle frame of the harvester from front to back and high to low; the back of the cutter is provided with the conveying roller, a plurality of the down conveying rollers and down cutting roller from front to back and low to high; a plurality of the upper conveying rollers are respectively arranged corresponding to a plurality of the down conveying rollers; the upper cutting rollers are arranged corresponding to the down cutting roller; the back of the upper and the down cutting rollers are provided with the lifters and the back up of the upper and down cutting rollers are provided with the Level I trash separator. The machine is used for the sugar cane harvest, can continuously finish lifting, topper cutting, feeding, conveying, cutting, trash separating, transportation and loading with high working efficiency.

An autonomously robotic machine for performing one or more agricultural operations. The machine includes a frame having a length and an adjustable width. A plurality of ground-engaging mechanisms are coupled to the frame for propelling the machine in a direction of travel. The machine includes a controller, a power-generating device, and a generator. The controller controls the machine, and the generator receives mechanical power from the power-generating device and produces electrical power. A docking assembly is coupled to the frame. The docking assembly includes a power unit and at least one coupler for coupling to any one of a plurality of agricultural implements.

A system and method of controlling agriculture equipment which combines geographical coordinates, machine settings, machine position, path plans, user input, and equipment parameters to generate executable commands based of a variety of different in-field agricultural operation objectives for a vehicle equipped with an automatic or electronically controlled locomotion systems capable of reading and executing the commands.

The invention relates to a high-efficiency weeding robot which belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery application. The robot comprises an automatic navigation and weed identification camera head and a control system, wherein a weeding device comprises an interline cutting and smearing weeding mechanism arranged below a trolley, and an inline weeding mechanism; the cylinder bodies of a left horizontal cylinder and a right horizontal cylinder of the inline weeding mechanism are respectively arranged at the bottom of the trolley; horizontal piston rods of the left horizontal cylinder and the right horizontal cylinder are respectively and fixedly connected with installment frames of a left vertical cylinder and a right vertical cylinder; the upper ends of the installment frames of the left vertical cylinder and the right vertical cylinder are installed in horizontal rails on the trolley to form a moving pair; the cylinders of the left vertical cylinder and the right vertical cylinder are respectively installed on the installment frames of the left vertical cylinder and the right vertical cylinder; and the lower ends of vertical pistons of the left vertical cylinder and the right vertical cylinder are respectively connected with a left end effector and a right end effector the bottoms of which are provided with electric circular saws. The invention can remove weeds in lines and among lines with high working speed and high weeding efficiency, thereby radically solving the difficulty of removing weeds in lines.

An agricultural machine includes a tool bar and at least one opener / closer arrangement carried by the tool bar for opening a trench in soil. Each opener / closer arrangement includes an opener disc positioned at an angle relative to a working direction and defining a trench profile. The opener disc has an axis of rotation, a leading edge, and a trailing edge positioned adjacent one side of the trench profile. A gauge wheel is positioned generally inline with the opener disc adjacent to the trailing edge of the opener disc. The gauge wheel has a leading edge positioned between the leading edge and the trailing edge of the opener disc. A first closing wheel is positioned on a side of the trench profile opposite to the gauge wheel. The first closing wheel has a leading edge positioned between the axis of rotation and the trailing edge of the opener disc. A second closing wheel is positioned on a same side of the trench profile as the gauge wheel.

An agricultural machine having a frame carrying a crop pickup mechanism and supported on the ground by means of two support wheels. Each support wheel is rotatably mounted on a carrier that is connected to the frame of the pickup for rotation about a caster axis. Each wheel carrier is connected by a respective spring to a point fixed relative to the frame of the pickup. The spring biases the carrier to cause the support wheel to park in a predetermined direction relative to the frame of the pickup.

An agricultural machine comprises a body and a drawbar, which drawbar is connected to the body using a first articulation with a substantially vertical axis and allows the agricultural machine to be moved along during work and during transport, the body resting on the ground during work using wheels which are each connected to the body via at least one connecting element, the body comprising a central unit and a working unit, which working unit is arranged transversely to the direction of forward travel during work and is arranged substantially parallel to the direction of forward travel during transport. It is notable in that the working unit is connected to the central unit using a second articulation with a substantially vertical axis so that the working unit can be brought into a work position or into a transport position with respect to said central unit, and wherein the singular or plural connecting element allows (allow) the corresponding wheel(s) to be moved away from or closer to a vertical mid-plane of the body, the wheels being used during work and during transport.

The invention provides an agricultural machinery automatic driving control system based on Beidou navigation and a method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery control. The agricultural machinery automatic driving control system comprises a differential reference station, an automatic driving instrument and a visual sensor. The differential reference station comprises a first measurement antenna which is connected with a first measurement receiver. A transmitting radio is connected on the first measurement receiver. The automatic driving instrument comprises a vehicle-mounted navigator, a vehicle-mounted display controller, an electric steering wheel controller and a guide wheel angle sensor. The vehicle-mounted navigator is connected with the vehicle-mounted display controller. The output ports of the electric steering wheel controller and the guide wheel angle sensor are connected with the vehicle-mounted display controller. The vehicle-mounted display controller comprises a graphic processing module. The visual sensor is connected with the graphic processing module. Obstacle avoidance of the agricultural machinery can be guaranteed through control of the guide wheel angle and omitted cultivation of the agricultural machinery can be reduced so that cultivation quality of the agricultural machinery can be enhanced, and the agricultural machinery automatic driving control system can be used for control work of agricultural machinery automatic driving cultivation.

An agricultural work machine is provided comprising a surroundings detection device for detecting a surroundings in sections, and one or more controllable working elements, wherein the surroundings detection device generates surroundings detection signals, which can be processed in a control and regulating device assigned to the agricultural work machine, wherein the surroundings detection device is designed as a scanner, which scans the surroundings in scanning planes, and wherein each scanning plane is assigned to the control of working elements.

The invention relates to a visual navigation based multi-crop row detection method, which belongs to the related field of machine vision navigation and image processing, and aims to quickly and accurately extract a plurality of ridge lines in farmland and meet the requirements of the real-time navigation and positioning of agricultural machinery. The invention provides an agricultural machine vision navigation based multi-crop row detection method, which comprises the steps: calibrating camera parameters, acquiring video and image frames, and carrying out distortion correction for the image; dividing a crop ridge line area, extracting navigation positioning points by using the vertical projection method, and calculating the world coordinates of the positioning points; using the random straight line detection method to calculate the positioning points, and detecting the straight lines on which crop ridge rows are positioned; and obtaining the position of each crop ridge row in a world coordinate system relative to the agricultural operation machinery by calculation according to the slope parameters and intercept parameters of the straight lines. Compared with the traditional technology, the technical scheme of the invention greatly reduces time complexity and space complexity, and also improves the accuracy and the real-time of navigation.

A method for managing agricultural operations by predicting amount of crop or product remaining for a field includes performing agricultural operations on at least a portion of a field using an agricultural machine, sensing data associated with the agricultural operations using sensors associated with the agricultural machine, communicating the data associated with the agricultural operations to a computing device, analyzing the data associated with the agricultural operations performed using the computing device to determine an area prediction for a remaining portion of the field upon which the agricultural operations are to be performed, and using the area prediction for the remaining portion of the field by the computing device to determine a time associated with completing the agricultural operations for the field or an amount of material or other resources associated with completing the agricultural operations for the field.

The invention discloses a whole attitude angle updating method applied to agricultural machinery and based on a nine-axis MEMS (micro-electromechanical system) sensor. The whole attitude angle updating method applied to agricultural machinery and based on the nine-axis MEMS sensor comprises the following steps: a gyroscope error model, an electronic compass calibration ellipse model and a seven-dimensional EKF (extended Kalman filter) model are established, and parameter vectors of corresponding motion attitudes of a vehicle body are set; data including the acceleration, the angular velocity and the geomagnetic field intensity of vehicle body motion are acquired in real time; the angle, the speed, the location information and the heading angle of the vehicle body are calculated through the established gyroscope error model and electronic compass calibration ellipse model; data fusion processing is performed on the angle, the speed, the location information and the heading angle of the vehicle body through the seven-dimensional EKF model, and the motion attitude angle of the vehicle body is updated in real time. The method comprising the steps has small errors and high precision and is stable and reliable.

The invention discloses a load feedback speed regulation device for a combined harvester and a control method in the field of agricultural machinery. The load feedback automatic control device comprises a controller and a sensing system, and is connected with a speed regulation executing mechanism with functions of automatic speed regulation and manual speed regulation; a motor driver is respectively connected with the controller and a motor; the controller is respectively connected with a liquid crystal display, a sound and light alarming system and the sensing system, and is formed by a single chip microcomputer and peripheral circuits thereof; the sensing system is formed by various sensors and a conditioning circuit thereof; and working state signals of the combined harvester are collected by the sensing system, and the working state signals enter the controller to carry out treatment such as a multi-signal fusion fuzzy control algorithm, a forecast control algorithm and the like,and a corresponding control strategy is selected to drive the executing mechanism to work. Therefore, the invention realizes the automatic control of work load of the combined harvester, displays a working state of a unit in real time, carries out sound and light alarm in time when the combined harvester meets faults, has simple and compact structure as well as flexible and overall functions, andis convenient to expand.

The invention provides an automatic rubber cutting robot, and belongs to the field of agricultural machinery. The automatic rubber cutting robot is characterized by comprising a clamping mechanism, a cutting depth adjusting mechanism, a power device and a cutting trajectory control mechanism, wherein the clamping mechanism consists of rotating blocks and supporting rods; the cutting depth adjusting mechanism consists of a rotating disk with scales, a movable positioning wheel and a knife rest; power is provided by stepping motors; and the cutting trajectory control mechanism comprises an upper annular track, a lower annular track, bogie driving mechanisms and a screw and nut mechanism. The automatic rubber cutting robot is tightly clamped to a rubber tree through the clamping mechanism, a cutting trajectory is a helix through the cutting trajectory control mechanism, then line-change cutting of the automatic rubber cutting robot is realized through screws and nuts, finally appropriate cutting depth is adjusted through the cutting depth adjusting mechanism, and automatic rubber cutting is realized. The automatic rubber cutting robot can automatically adjust the rubber cutting depth, can automatically change lines, is adapted to different tree diameters, and has the characteristics of being simple in structure, convenient to control, low in cost, reliable and practical.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, in particular to an adjusting device used for a sowing depth automatic control system. A small frame is connected with a large frame through a four-bar linkage; a small land wheel is articulated on a wheel axle of a large land wheel and can freely float following the actual land surface relative to the small frame; a detection unit real-timely measures the distance of the small frame relative to the ground and the distance of a furrow opener relative to the small frame; two detected feedback signals are sent to a control part; the control part transfers the information to a hydraulic system after processing, controls a proportional reversing valve to operate and controls the reversion of an output shaft of a hydraulic motor; and an actuating mechanism drives a gear to rotate under the action of the output shaft of the hydraulic motor to realize the up-and-down movement of a slide block at the rear side of a shovel handle of the furrow opener along a guide rail and real-timely control and adjust the sowing depth. The device can realize real-time control and adjustment on the furrow opening depth, has high detection precision and high degree of automation, can improve the germination rate, promotes the crop growth and increases the crop yield.

An agricultural planter having sensors for measuring multiple soil properties adjusts planting depth and seeding rate in real time based on the measured soil properties. An optical module is carried by the planter for collecting soil reflectance data. A pair of soil contact blades protrude from or are embedded in the optical module for collecting soil EC data and soil moisture data. A switching circuit or phase lock loop allows the same soil contact blades to feed signals to both a soil EC signal conditioning circuit and a soil moisture signal conditioning circuit. The soil moisture data can be used to calibrate the soil EC data and the soil reflectance data to compensate for effects of changing soil moisture conditions across a field. The sensor module can be positioned behind a seed tube and used as a seed firmer, or incorporated into a seed tube guard.

The invention provides a navigation method and a navigation device of agricultural machinery as well as agricultural machinery, wherein the navigation method of agricultural machinery comprises the following steps: acquiring positioning information comprising position coordinates, speed and course information of the agricultural machinery through more than one sensor; according to the two-wheel kinematics model of the agricultural machinery and the minimum time problem in the optimal control theory, acquiring the expected path information of the agricultural machinery by computing; designing a optimal controller of a path tracking according to the two-wheel kinematics model of the agricultural machinery and the design criteria on a terminal time unlimited regulator of a tracking problem; acquiring a path error according to the positioning information of the agricultural machinery and the expected path information; and acquiring path adjusting information according to the path error information and the path tracking optimal controller, and sending the path adjusting information to an automatic steering system. The embodiment of the invention also provides a navigation device of the agricultural machinery and the agricultural machinery provided with the navigation device. The method, the device and the equipment can improve the accuracy of navigation.