Agricultural devices, systems, and methods for determining soil and seed characteristics and analyzing the same
AssigneeKinze Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsLaura B. Blomme, Courtney N. Achen
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Abstract
Agricultural seed planting systems include a processing unit, a frame, a furrow opener coupled to the frame for opening a furrow in soil, and a sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense a characteristic associated with seed planting. The sensor may generate a signal associated with the sensed characteristic and the processing unit may receive the signal. In some aspects, the sensed characteristic may be either a soil characteristic or a seed characteristic. Information associated with the sensed characteristic can be saved in memory for future use and to assist with more effective planting in the future.
Claims20
A control and monitoring system for an agricultural planting system, the control and monitoring system comprising:
- a processing unit;
- an electronic sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense a characteristic associated with seed planting, wherein the sensor generates a signal associated with the sensed characteristic and the processing unit receives the signal;
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- a user interface in communication with the processing unit, the user interface adapted to display information associated with the sensed characteristic;
- wherein a planting operation is adjustable via the user interface based upon the information associated with the sensed characteristic.
A method of monitoring a furrow in soil with an agricultural planter, the method comprising:
- sensing a characteristic associated with seed planting with an electronic sensor;
- generating a signal associated with the sensed characteristic;
- communicating the signal associated with the sensed characteristic to a processing unit of a user interface, wherein the sensed characteristic is displayed on the user interface;
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- adjusting a planting operation via the user interface based on the information associated with the sensed characteristic that is displayed on the user interface.
A monitoring system for use in agriculture to monitor a furrow in soil, comprising:
- at least one electronic sensor capable of sensing a characteristic associated with planting;
- a user interface in communication with the at least one electronic sensor, said user interface comprising a display and a memory;
- wherein the user interface displays and stores a GPS position and the sensed characteristic for use in planting;
- wherein a user can adjust planting operations based on the GPS position and/or information associated with the sensed characteristic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.