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US 12,256,658 B2Granted
Controlling seed placement based on prior material placement
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJustin L. Montenguise, Cary S. Hubner, Grant J. Wonderlich
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Abstract
An indication of previously-applied material is obtained. A planting machine is controlled to plant seeds based on the indication of the previously-applied material.
Claims19
A computer implemented method of controlling a planter having a seed ejection endpoint, the computer implemented method comprising:
- identifying, during operation of the planter that moves through a path in a field in a direction of travel, a material location indicative of a location of a non-seed material, previously applied to the field, that resides in the path ahead of the seed ejection endpoint;
- identifying a target seed location for a seed based on a target spacing between the seed and the non-seed material previously applied to the field;
- and
- controlling the planter to eject the seed from the seed ejection endpoint to the field based on the target seed location.
1 more element
An agricultural system, comprising:
- an agricultural machine including a seeding system having a seed ejection endpoint configured to eject a seed to a field;
- a target determination component configured to:
- identify a field location of a non-seed material, previously applied to the field, that resides in a path of the seed ejection endpoint;
- and
- determine a target location for the seed that conforms to a predefined spacing between the seed and the non-seed material;
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- a seed ejection system configured to generate a control signal to control the seeding system to eject the seed from the seed ejection endpoint based on the target location.
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A computer system for controlling a seeding system of a planter that is configured to move through a field in a direction of travel, the computer system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- memory storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
- identify a material location characteristic indicative of a location of a material, previously applied to a field, that resides in a path of the planter;
- track a position of a seed in the seeding system, to generate a tracked position of the seed, prior to release of the seed from the seeding system;
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- control the seeding system of the planter to eject the seed from a seed ejection endpoint at a seed location in a furrow opened by the planter based on the material location characteristic and the tracked position of the seed in the seeding system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.