Patents by Inventor Peter van der Vlugt

Peter van der Vlugt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230309545
    Abstract: A method for operating an agricultural machine having working tools configured for mechanical weeding including receiving in a control unit first weed condition data indicative of a first weed condition of weed to be mechanically weeded by the working tools; providing first control signals in response to receiving the first weed condition data, the first control signals assigned to the first weed condition according to operation control data stored in a memory device; operating the working tools according to the first control signals; receiving second weed condition data indicative of a second weed condition of the weed to be mechanically weeded; providing second control signals in the control unit in response to receiving the second weed condition data, the second control signals assigned to the second weed condition according to the operation control data; and operating the working tools according to the second control signals for mechanical weeding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Max BOUTEN, Leandro O. SANTOS, Masahiro KAWABATA, Peter VAN DER VLUGT
  • Publication number: 20230309459
    Abstract: A method for determining output data from crop plant characteristics for a crop plan comprising, in a data processing system providing measurement data detected for a crop plant; determining model data representing a three dimensional model of the crop plant from the measurement data; segmenting the three dimensional model determining first crop plant characteristics for a first subpart of the crop plant provided in a first three dimensional segment segments; and providing output data at an output device. The output data comprise at least one of the following: media data and operation control data indicative of operation control signals for controlling operating of an agricultural machine working on the crop plant, the operation control signals comprising first operation control signals determined from the first crop plant characteristics and configured to control operation of the agricultural machine for applying an agricultural treatment to the first subpart of the crop plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Masahiro KAWABATA, Max BOUTEN, Leandro O. SANTOS, Peter VAN DER VLUGT
  • Patent number: 11619941
    Abstract: The invention relates to controlling a driving condition for an agricultural machine having a tractor, an implement for applying materials selected from the group of granular material, liquid material, and a powder-form material, the implement carried or trailed by the tractor and comprising a supply container, an application device, and a weight sensor device having at least one weight sensor and configured to sense an empty weight and a filling weight for the supply container. A tractor implement management system is provided and is operationally connected to the weight sensor device and configured for controlling driving conditions of the tractor. The method comprises driving the tractor, measuring first weight signals, indicative of a first driving condition, providing first tractor control signals, generated in response to the first weight signals and configured to apply a first control condition to the tractor driving, for controlling the tractor driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KVERNELAND GROUP MECHATRONICS B.V.
    Inventors: Sander Biesenbeek, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Publication number: 20210080958
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a driving condition for a tractor of agricultural machine having a tractor, an implement having an application device for applying a material selected from the group of a granular material, a liquid material, and a powder-form material, the implement being carried or trailed by the tractor and comprising a supply container for receiving the material, an application device for applying the material, and a weight sensor device having at least one weight sensor configured to sense an empty weight and a filling weight for the supply container, and a tractor implement management system, the tractor implement management system operationally connected to the weight sensor device and configured to generate control signals for controlling driving conditions of the tractor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Sander BIESENBEEK, Peter VAN DER VLUGT
  • Patent number: 10645859
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an agricultural system having a tractor and an implement and a method of operating. A driveline is provided between a driving device (11.3) of a tractor (1) and a first functional element (12.3) of an implement (2), the driveline comprising a tractor driveline (14) and an implement driveline (17) connected through a power take-off connection (13). A driving force is provided to the first functional element (12.3) of the implement (2) through the driveline in a first mode of operation, thereby, a working tool (18) rotating in a first direction in response to the driving force. An operation problem is detected for the first functional element (12.3) by a sensor (19) provided in a tractor-implement control system. Reverse control signals are generated in a tractor controller (4) provided in the tractor-implement control system in response to the detecting of the operation problem for the first functional element (12.3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Kverneland Group Mechatronics B.V.
    Inventors: Martijn van der Bijl, Peter van der Vlugt
  • Patent number: 10588254
    Abstract: The invention refers to an agricultural system and a method of operating the system. An implement is connected to a tractor. A tractor control network (4) and an implement control network (5) are connected through a data bus (6). Control signals are transmitted over a signal line of the data bus (6). A driving power supply is provided by a tractor power supply (13) to a working unit (10b) of the implement through a driving power supply line, the tractor power supply (13) configured to provide a plurality of different driving voltages. Driving power supply control signals are received in the tractor control network (4), the driving power supply control signals being sent from the implement control network (5) over the signal line and indicating a present driving voltage. The present driving voltage is supplied over the driving power supply line to the working unit (10b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Kverneland Group Mechatronics B.V.
    Inventors: Martijn Van Der Bijl, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Patent number: 10580403
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of an agricultural machine and system thereof are disclosed. The method may comprise providing a portable device that has an input device, a processing unit, a storage unit, an output device, and a transceiver device configured for wireless data transmission; receiving a voice control command over a microphone device of the input device of the portable device; determining command text data from the voice control command by processing the voice control command by a speech recognition application running on the processing unit of the portable device; providing machine control signals assigned to a machine control function in a control device of an agricultural machine located remotely from the portable device; and controlling the operation of the agricultural machine according to the machine control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Kverneland Group Mechatronics B.V.
    Inventors: Peter van der Vlugt, Shay Navon
  • Publication number: 20190208708
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method of operating an agricultural system for forming and/or wrapping a bale of crop, the method comprising moving an agricultural apparatus over a field, the agricultural apparatus configured for at least one of forming and wrapping a bale of crop; preparing, by the agricultural apparatus, a bale of crop; observing surroundings in a vicinity of the agricultural apparatus by an observation system (14) while the agricultural apparatus is moving over the field; generating, by the observation system (14), observation data indicating a first bale dropped before to the field being located in the vicinity of the agricultural apparatus; processing the observation data by a data processing unit (15); determining, by the data processing unit (15), the first bale dropped before; and dropping the bale in response to the determining from the baling apparatus to the field. Further, an agricultural system is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jeroen Jacobs, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Publication number: 20190059200
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to an agricultural system having a tractor and an implement and a method of operating. A driveline is provided between a driving device (11.3) of a tractor (1) and a first functional element (12.3) of an implement (2), the driveline comprising a tractor driveline (14) and an implement driveline (17) connected through a power take-off connection (13). A driving force is provided to the first functional element (12.3) of the implement (2) through the driveline in a first mode of operation, thereby, a working tool (18) rotating in a first direction in response to the driving force. An operation problem is detected for the first functional element (12.3) by a sensor (19) provided in a tractor-implement control system. Reverse control signals are generated in a tractor controller (4) provided in the tractor-implement control system in response to the detecting of the operation problem for the first functional element (12.3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Kverneland Group Mechatronics B.V.
    Inventors: Martijn van der Bijl, Peter van der Vlugt
  • Publication number: 20190053418
    Abstract: The invention refers to an agricultural system and a method of operating the system. An implement is connected to a tractor. A tractor control network (4) and an implement control network (5) are connected through a data bus (6). Control signals are transmitted over a signal line of the data bus (6). A driving power supply is provided by a tractor power supply (13) to a working unit (10b) of the implement through a driving power supply line, the tractor power supply (13) configured to provide a plurality of different driving voltages. Driving power supply control signals are received in the tractor control network (4), the driving power supply control signals being sent from the implement control network (5) over the signal line and indicating a present driving voltage. The present driving voltage is supplied over the driving power supply line to the working unit (10b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Martijn Van Der Bijl, Peter Van Der Vlugt
  • Publication number: 20170004830
    Abstract: A method for controlling operation of an agricultural machine and system thereof are disclosed. The method may comprise providing a portable device that has an input device, a processing unit, a storage unit, an output device, and a transceiver device configured for wireless data transmission; receiving a voice control command over a microphone device of the input device of the portable device; determining command text data from the voice control command by processing the voice control command by a speech recognition application running on the processing unit of the portable device; providing machine control signals assigned to a machine control function in a control device of an agricultural machine located remotely from the portable device; and controlling the operation of the agricultural machine according to the machine control signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Peter van der Vlugt, Shay Navon