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US 12,564,122 B2Granted
Systems and apparatuses for soil and seed monitoring
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorMichael Strnad
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Abstract
A soil apparatus is drawn through a furrow and reflectance from the furrow is obtained from the soil apparatus, and a height off target is measured between the soil apparatus and the furrow.
Claims3
A method for determining a percentage of voids in a furrow as a soil apparatus is drawn through the furrow, the method comprising:
- a. using the soil apparatus to obtain a reflectance from the furrow;
- b. measuring a height off target between the soil apparatus and the furrow;
- c. calculating a percentage of time that the measured height off target is greater than a threshold value that is different from an expected height off target between the soil apparatus and the furrow.
A method for correcting a soil reflectance reading from a soil apparatus drawn through a furrow, the method comprising:
- a. using the soil apparatus to obtain a reflectance from the furrow;
- b. measuring a height off target between the soil apparatus and the furrow;
- c. adjusting the height off target measurement to obtain a zero percent error for the height off target measurement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.