System and method for identifying soil layers within an agricultural field
AssigneeCNH Industrial Canada, Ltd.
InventorJames W. Henry
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Abstract
A system for identifying soil layers within a field includes a non-contact-based sensor configured to capture data indicative of a subsurface soil layer within the field. Furthermore, the system includes a computing system communicatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensor. In this respect, the computing system is configured to determine a thickness of the subsurface soil layer in a vertical direction based on the data captured by the non-contact-based sensor. Moreover, the computing system is configured to identify the subsurface soil layer as one of a compaction layer or a B-horizon based on the determined thickness.
Claims16
A system for identifying soil layers within a field, the system comprising:
- a non-contact-based sensor configured to capture data indicative of a subsurface soil layer within the field, and
- a computing system communicatively coupled to the non-contact-based sensor, the computing system configured to:
- determine a thickness of the subsurface soil layer in a vertical direction based on the data captured by the non-contact-based sensor;
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- compare the determined thickness to a predetermined thickness value;
- identify the subsurface soil layer as the compaction layer when the determined thickness falls below the predetermined thickness value;
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- identify the subsurface soil layer as the B-horizon when the determined thickness exceeds the predetermined thickness value.
A method for identifying soil layers within a field as an agricultural implement travels across the field, the agricultural implement including a ground-penetrating tool configured to penetrate soil within a field to a penetration depth, the method comprising:
- receiving, with a computing system, non-contact-based sensor data indicative of a subsurface soil layer within the field;
- determining, with the computing system, a thickness of the subsurface soil layer in a vertical direction based on the received non-contact-based sensor data;
- comparing, with the computing system, the determined thickness to a predetermined thickness value;
- identifying, with the computing system, the subsurface soil layer as the compaction layer when the determined thickness falls below the predetermined thickness value;
- identifying, with the computing system, the subsurface soil layer as the B-horizon when the determined thickness exceeds the predetermined thickness value;
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- controlling, with the computing system, the penetration depth of the ground-penetrating tool based on the identification of the subsurface soil layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.