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US 11,445,658 B2Granted
Systems and methods for selective fertilizer placement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsElijah B. Garner, Todd N. Signer, Cary S. Hubner, Grant J. Wonderlich, Kenneth E. Herrmann
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Abstract
Locations of seeds in a field can be identified using event-based processing or frequency-based processing. A material is applied to the field, based upon the seed locations.
Claims20
A planting machine comprising:
- a furrow opener configured to open a furrow as the planting machine moves across a field;
- a seed metering system configured to meter seeds;
- a seed delivery system configured to receive seeds from the seed metering system and to actively operate to deliver seeds to seed locations in the furrow;
- a device configured to be actuated to apply a material to the field;
- a device actuation timing system configured to identify a speed at which the seed delivery system actively operating and to generate a device actuation timing indicator indicative of a timing for actuating the device to apply the material at material placement locations relative to the seed locations based on the identi fled speed at which the seed delivery system is actively operating;
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- a device control signal generator configured to receive the device actuation timing indicator and to generate a device actuation signal based on the device actuation timing indicator to control the device to apply the material to the field.
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A method of controlling a planting machine comprising:
- opening a furrow as the planting machine moves across a field;
- actively operating a seed delivery system to receive seeds from a seed metering system and to deliver seeds to seed locations in the furrow:
- identifying a speed at. which the seed delivery system is actively operating to deliver seeds to the furrow;
- generating a device actuation timing indicator indicative of a timing for actuating a device to apply material to the field based on the identified speed at which the seed delivery system is actively operating to deliver seeds to the furrow;
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- generating a device actuation signal based on the device actuation indicator to control the device to apply the material to the field.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.