Agricultural implement with vision sensors
AssigneeGreat Plains Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsGregory W. Arnett, James Edward Schott, Paul Harold Haggard, Matthew D. Goodon, Michael Ohnsat
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Abstract
An agricultural implement broadly includes a ground-engaging tool, a time-of-flight sensor, and a controller. The time-of-flight sensor is configured to obtain information indicative of seed parameters, furrow parameters, and/or soil condition parameters. The controller is configured to process the information obtained by the time-of-flight sensor to generate the parameters, wherein the controller is further configured to automatically control operation of one or more components of the implement based on the parameters.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer-readable medium with a computer program stored thereon for monitoring a furrow formed in the ground, wherein when executed by one or more processors the computer program instructs the one or more processors to perform the following steps:
- obtain, via a time-of-flight sensor, information indicative of one or more furrow parameters of the furrow;
- generate furrow parameters based on the information indicative of the one or more furrow parameters;
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- present, on an electronic display, a graphical depiction of the furrow based on the one or more furrow parameters.
An agricultural system comprising:
- a furrow forming tool;
- a time-of-flight sensor;
- an electronic display;
- and
- a controller comprising a processing element and a memory element, wherein the controller is configured to:
- obtain, via the time-of-flight sensor, information indicative of one or more furrow parameters of the furrow formed in the ground,
- generate furrow parameters based on the information indicative of the one or more furrow parameters,
- present, on the electronic display, a graphical depiction of the furrow based on the one or more furrow parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.