US 12,593,741 B2 · Agricultural system and method for monitoring field characteristics of a field

Abstract

An agricultural system includes a vehicle configured to perform one or more passes across a field, and a field characteristics sensor supported on the vehicle, spaced apart from a surface of the field during the one or more passes, with the field characteristics sensor being configured to generate data indicative of at least one characteristic of the field below the surface of the field. Further, the agricultural system includes an actuator selectively controllable to move the field characteristics sensor relative to the vehicle. Moreover, the agricultural system includes at least one distance sensor supported on the vehicle and configured to generate distance data indicative of a distance between the field characteristics sensor and the surface of the field. Additionally, the agricultural system includes a computing system configured to receive the distance data and initiate a control action based at least in part on the distance data.

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Dependent claims

An agricultural system for monitoring field characteristics of a field, the agricultural system comprising:

a vehicle configured to perform one or more passes across a field;
a field characteristics sensor supported on the vehicle such that the field characteristics sensor is spaced apart from a surface of the field during the one or more passes across the field, the field characteristics sensor being configured to generate field characteristics data indicative of at least one characteristic of the field below the surface of the field;
a sensor actuator coupled between the field characteristics sensor and the vehicle, the sensor actuator being selectively controllable to move the field characteristics sensor relative to the vehicle;
at least one distance sensor supported on the vehicle, the at least one distance sensor being configured to generate distance data indicative of a distance between the field characteristics sensor and the surface of the field;
and
a computing system configured to:
receive the distance data;
and
initiate a control action based at least in part on the distance data.

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An agricultural method for monitoring field characteristics of a field, the agricultural method comprising:

receiving, with a computing device, field characteristics data indicative of at least one characteristic of a field below a surface of the field, the field characteristics data being generated by a field characteristics sensor supported on a vehicle performing one or more passes across the field;
receiving, with the computing device, distance data generated by at least one distance sensor supported on the vehicle performing the one or more passes, the distance data being indicative of a distance between the surface of the field and the field characteristics sensor;
determining, with the computing device, a position of the field characteristics sensor relative to the surface of the field based at least in part on the distance data;
and
initiating, with the computing device, a control action based at least in part on the position of the field characteristics sensor relative to the surface of the field.

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