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US 12,730,460 B2Granted
Systems and methods for predictive plant row cleaner automation
AssigneeCNH Industrial America LLC
InventorJeremy Martin Strief
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Abstract
A system may include a row cleaner configured to apply a pressure to a field and a work vehicle coupled to the row cleaner and configured to traverse through the field, where the work vehicle comprising an engine configured to adjust a speed of the work vehicle. The system may also include a sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the field and a controller comprising a memory and a processor, where the controller is communicatively coupled to the row cleaner, the engine, and the sensor. The controller may provide an instruction to adjust the pressure applied by the row cleaner, the speed of the engine, or both based on the sensor data.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a row cleaner configured to apply a pressure to a field;
- a work vehicle coupled to the row cleaner and configured to traverse through the field, the work vehicle comprising an engine configured to adjust a speed of the work vehicle;
- a sensor configured to provide sensor data indicative of the field during a current planting operation;
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- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the row cleaner, the engine, and the sensor, and the controller is configured to:
- retrieve historical harvest data of the field, wherein the historical harvest data is indicative of an amount of residue within the field from a previous planting operation associated with a weather condition;
- predict respective areas of high residue and respective areas of low residue during the current planting operation based on the historical harvest data and based on a current weather condition associated with the current planting operation corresponding to the weather condition associated with the previous planting operation;
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- provide an instruction to adjust the pressure applied by the row cleaner, the speed of the engine, or both during the current planting operation based on the respective areas of high residue and the respective areas of low residue.
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A system comprising:
- a work vehicle comprising an engine and configured to traverse through a field in a direction of travel during a current planting operation, the engine configured to adjust a speed of the work vehicle;
- an implement coupled to the work vehicle, the implement comprising a row unit configured to exert a pressure to a soil surface of the field during the current planting operation;
- a sensor coupled to the implement and configured to provide sensor data indicative of field conditions of the soil surface in a forward direction with respect to the direction of travel;
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- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the engine, the row unit, and the sensor, and the controller is configured to:
- retrieve historical harvest data of the field, wherein the historical harvest data is indicative of an amount of residue within the field from a previous planting operation associated with a weather condition;
- determine a predicted amount of residue within the field during the current planting operation based on the historical harvest data and based on a current weather condition associated with the current planting operation corresponding to the weather condition associated with the previous planting operation;
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- provide an instruction to adjust the speed of the engine, the pressure applied by the row unit, or both based on the predicted amount of residue within the field.
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A system, comprising:
- a row unit comprising a row cleaner blade, the row cleaner blade configured to apply a downward force to a soil surface;
- a work vehicle coupled to the row unit, the work vehicle comprising an engine configured to adjust a speed of the work vehicle during a current planting operation;
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- a controller comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the controller is communicatively coupled to the row unit and the engine, and the controller is configured to:
- retrieve historical harvest data of a field, wherein the historical harvest data is indicative of an amount of residue within the field from a previous planting operation associated with a weather condition;
- determine a predicted amount of residue within the field during the current planting operation based on the historical harvest data and based on a current weather condition associated with the current planting operation corresponding to the weather condition associated with the previous planting operation;
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- instruct the work vehicle to adjust the speed, the row cleaner blade to adjust the downward force, or both based on the predicted amount of residue within the field.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.