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US 11,589,496 B2Granted
Replant routing and control of a seed planting machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsBradley W. Van De Woestyne, Timothy A. Wilcox
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Abstract
A map generator generates a replanting map designating a particular area in a field in which it is recommended to add additional seeds. A function of the agricultural machine is then controlled based at least in part on the replanting map so as to facilitate planting additional seeds in the designated particular area.
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An agricultural planting machine, comprising:
- a processor that receives a replanting map from a map generator, the replanting map designating a particular area in a field in which it is likely that plant growth is below a threshold level;
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- a sensor that generates plant distribution data for the designated particular area during a replanting operation;
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- a component of the agricultural machine that automatically controls a function of seed planting equipment of the agricultural planting machine in the designated particular area based on the plant distribution data generated by the sensor during the replanting operation.
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A method of controlling functions of a seed planting machine, comprising:
- receiving a description of topographical characteristics of a field;
- generating a map that designates a particular area in the field in which it is likely that plant growth is below a threshold level;
- controlling the seed planting machine to travel to the designated particular area in the field based on the map;
- generating, with a sensor on the seed planting machine, plant distribution data for plants in the designated particular area in the field while the seed planting machine is in the designated particular area in the field;
- automatically controlling the functions of the seed planting machine in the designated particular area in the field based on the plant distribution data for the plants in the designated particular area in the field generated by the sensor.
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An agricultural system comprising:
- a map generator configured to:
- receive georeferenced data indicative of a characteristic of a field;
- receive weather data indicative of weather after the field has been planted;
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- generate a replanting map that includes an indication designating a particular area of the field as an area in which reduced crop growth is based on the georeferenced data and the weather data;
- a routing component configured to generate a route for an agricultural planting machine to the designated particular area of the field;
- a processor configured to:
- receive sensor data from a sensor on the agricultural planting machine while the agricultural planting machine is in the designated particular area, the Sensor data indicative of a density of plants in the designated particular area;
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- compare the sensed density of plants in the designated particular area to a density threshold;
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- a component configured to automatically control activation or deactivation of seed planting equipment of the agricultural planting machine in the designated particular area based on the comparison of the sensed density of plants in the designated particular area to the density threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.