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US 10,537,062 B2Granted
Aerial vehicle systems and methods
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorChristopher Brubaker
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Abstract
A system includes an agricultural vehicle having a first storage container configured to store an agricultural product, a support vehicle having a second storage container, and an aerial vehicle having one or more sensors configured to monitor a fullness of the second storage container. The aerial vehicle is configured to provide a first signal indicative of the fullness of the second storage container to the agricultural vehicle.
Claims19
A system, comprising:
- an agricultural vehicle configured to output an agricultural product;
- a support vehicle comprising a storage container;
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- an aerial vehicle comprising one or more sensors configured to monitor a fullness of the storage container, wherein the aerial vehicle is configured to provide a first signal indicative of the fullness of the storage container to the agricultural vehicle;
- wherein the agricultural vehicle comprises a controller having a memory and a processor, and the controller is configured to control a feeder tube control system of the agricultural vehicle to adjust a transfer rate of the agricultural product from the agricultural vehicle to the storage container based on the first signal.
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A system, comprising:
- an agricultural vehicle configured to output an agricultural product, wherein the agricultural vehicle comprises a residue spreader configured to discharge residue to an agricultural field;
- a support vehicle comprising a storage container;
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- an aerial vehicle comprising one or more sensors configured to monitor a fullness of the storage container, wherein the aerial vehicle is configured to provide a first signal indicative of the fullness of the storage container to the agricultural vehicle;
- wherein the agricultural vehicle comprises a controller having a memory and a process, the one or more sensors are configured to monitor a characteristic of the residue discharged by the residue spreader, and the aerial vehicle is configured to output a second signal indicative of the characteristic of the residue to the controller;
- wherein the controller is configured to process the second signal to generate a residue map for the agricultural field, the controller is configured to control a residue spreader control system to adjust components of the residue spreader based on the second signal, or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.