Agricultural cutting system and cut-point method

A user platform comprising:

• an input to receive an input from a user;
• a display;
• and
• a processor operatively connected to the input and the display;
• wherein
• the processor is configured or programmed to control the display to display an agricultural item;
• the processor is configured or programmed to create a new cut-point or a new cut-plane for the agricultural item based on one or more inputs received by the input;
• the processor is configured or programmed to control the display to display the new cut-point or the new cut-plane;
• the processor is configured or programmed to switch a cutting system, in which the user platform is included, from a manual mode in which the user platform is used to create the new cut-point or the new cut-plane before a manipulation step is performed by the cutting system to a fully-automatic mode in which the manipulation step is automatically performed by the cutting system;
• the creating the new cut-point or the new cut-plane for the agricultural item includes creating a plurality of new cut-points or new cut-planes for the agricultural item;
• the displaying the new cut-point or the new cut-plane on the user platform includes displaying the plurality of new cut-points or new cut-planes;
• the processor is configured or programmed to switch the cutting system from the manual mode to the fully-automatic mode based on a prediction rate of the plurality of new cut-points or new cut-planes;
• and
• the predication rate includes a rate at which the plurality of new cut-points or new cut-planes match a plurality of suggested cut-points or suggested cut-planes.

A method comprising:

• generating a suggested cut-point for an agricultural item using a processor;
• displaying the suggested cut-point on a user platform;
• receiving, through the user platform, at least one of an input that confirms that the suggested cut-point is appropriately located, an input to delete the suggested cut-point, or an input to revise the suggested cut-point;
• and
• using the processor to switch a cutting system, in which the user platform is included, from a semi-automatic mode in which a plurality of suggested cut-points including the suggested cut-point are displayed on the display before a manipulation step is performed by the cutting system to a fully-automatic mode in which the manipulation step is automatically performed by the cutting system;
• wherein
• the switching of the cutting system from the semi-automatic mode to the fully-automatic mode is based on a user's approval rate of the plurality of suggested cut-points.