Autonomous mowing vehicle and apparatus for detecting boundary o

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1994-12-22

1996-06-25

Melius, Terry Lee

Harvesters

Motorized harvester

With condition-responsive operation

36442407, A01D 3482

Patent

active

055288880

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for detecting a extending boundary between fields mowed and not mowed by an cutting blade mechanism of an autonomous vehicle for the mowing of lawn grass, comprises a plurality of rocking members provided to be aligned in a lateral direction of the vehicle under a body of the vehicle, a plurality of rocking condition sensors provided to detect rocking conditions of the respective rocking members, and a control unit provided to determine a boundary between a rocking member rocked by taller lawn grass and a rocking member not rocked as the boundary between the mowed field and not mowed field in response to signals from the rocking condition sensors. There is further provided a method for shifting the vehicle to a ready position of a next lane to be mowed in the work area based on the result of the detection by the boundary detecting apparatus.

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patent: 4777785 (1988-10-01), Rafaels

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