Planter monitor system and method
AssigneePrecision Planting LLC
InventorsGregg A. Sauder, Justin Koch
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Abstract
A planter monitor system and method that provides an operator with near real-time data concerning yield robbing events and the economic cost associated with such yield robbing events so as to motivate the operator to take prompt corrective action.
Claims48
A monitor system for an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, each of the plurality of row units having a seed meter adapted to discharge seeds in a seed path as the planter moves through a field, the monitor system comprising:
- a seed sensor associated with at least one of the row units and disposed with respect to the seed path to generate seed signals as the seeds pass;
- a visual display;
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- processing circuitry operably electrically coupled to said visual display and to said seed sensor, said processing circuitry configured to monitor and display information pertaining to operation of the planter (“Seed Planting Information”), wherein said Seed Planting Information indicates a planting consistency of a plurality of seeds.
A method of monitoring an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, each of the plurality of row units having a seed meter adapted to discharge seeds in a seed path as the planter moves through a field, the method comprising:
- generating seed signals as seeds pass by a seed sensor disposed along the seed path;
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- displaying information pertaining to operation of the planter (“Seed Planting Information”) to a user, wherein said Seed Planting Information indicates a planting consistency of a plurality of seeds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.