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US 2022/0100998 A1Published application
Mobile work machine control system with terrain image analysis
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorYifu WU
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Abstract
A method of controlling a mobile work machine includes receiving an image of spectral response at an area of terrain corresponding to a path of the mobile work machine, generating an image distance metric based on a distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the terrain, comparing the image distance metric to a distance threshold, and controlling a controllable subsystem of the mobile work machine based on the comparison.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine, the method comprising:
- receiving an image of spectral response at an area of a field corresponding to a path of the mobile agricultural machine that traverses the field to perform an agricultural operation;
- generating an image distance metric based on a distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the field;
- comparing the image distance metric to a distance threshold;
- identifying a characteristic based on the comparison;
- and
- controlling, based on the characteristic, a controllable subsystem of the mobile agricultural machine during the agricultural operation,
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A mobile work machine comprising:
- ground-engaging traction elements configured to propel the mobile work machine over a terrain;
- a communication system configured to receive an image of spectral response at an area of the terrain corresponding to a path of the mobile work machine;
- a controllable subsystem;
- an image analysis system configured to:
- generate an image distance metric based on a distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the terrain;
- compare the image distance metric to a distance threshold;
- and
- identify, based on the comparison. a field condition of the area of the terrain;
- and
- a control system configured to control the controllable subsystem of the mobile work machine based on the identified field condition.
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An agricultural machine comprising:
- a controllable subsystem configured to perform an agricultural operation on a field;
- a communication system configured to receive an image of spectral response at an area of the field;
- an image analysis system configured to:
- generate an image distance metric based on a. distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the field;
- and
- compare the image distance metric to a distance threshold;
- and
- a control system configured to generate a control signal that controls the agricultural machine based on the comparison.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.