System and method for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement

A method for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, image data indicative of sizes of soil clods present within a portion of a field forward or aft of a plurality of leveling disk blades of a leveling disk gang assembly of an agricultural implement relative to a direction of travel of the agricultural implement, the leveling disk gang assembly positioned aft of a plurality of ground-engaging shanks of the agricultural implement relative to the direction of travel of the agricultural implement;
• determining, with the computing system, the sizes of the soil clods based on the received image data;
• comparing, with the computing system, the determined sizes of the soil clods to a predetermined size range;
• and
• controlling, with the computing system, an operation of an actuator of the agricultural implement to adjust a position of the leveling disk gang assembly forward or backward within a plane defined by a longitudinal direction extending parallel to the direction of travel and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction between a lateral position and a forward oblique position relative to a centerline of the agricultural implement parallel to the longitudinal direction when the determined sizes of the soil clods fall outside of the predetermined size range.

An agricultural implement, comprising:

• a frame;
• a plurality of ground-engaging shanks mounted to the frame and configured to engage soil of a field as the agricultural implement travels across the field;
• a leveling disk gang assembly mounted to the frame and positioned aft of the plurality of ground-engaging shanks in a longitudinal direction extending parallel to a direction of travel of the agricultural implement, the leveling disk gang assembly including a plurality of leveling disk blades configured to rotate relative to a surface of the field;
• an imaging device configured to generate data indicative of sizes of soil clods present within a portion of the field forward or aft of the plurality of leveling disk blades relative to the direction of travel of the agricultural implement;
• an actuator configured to adjust a position of the leveling disk gang assembly within a plane defined by the longitudinal direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
• and
• a computing system communicatively coupled to the imaging device, the computing system configured to:
• determine the sizes of the soil clods based on the data generated by the imaging device;
• compare the determined sizes of the soil clods to a predetermined size range;
• and
• control an operation of the actuator to adjust the position of the leveling disk gang assembly forward or backward within the plane defined by the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction between a lateral position and a forward oblique position relative to a centerline of the agricultural implement parallel to the longitudinal direction when the determined sizes of the soil clods fall outside of the predetermined size range.