System and method for determining surface finish within an agricultural field

A system for determining surface finish within an agricultural field, the system comprising:

• a LiDAR configured to generate a three-dimensional point cloud depicting a portion of a field surface present within a field of view of the LiDAR sensor;
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• a computing system communicatively coupled to the LiDAR sensor, the computing system configured to:
• receive the generated three-dimensional point cloud from the LiDAR sensor;
• generate a plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices from the received three-dimensional point cloud, the plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices being spaced apart from each other such that each of the plurality of spaced apart two-dimensional point cloud slices corresponds to a different two-dimensional plane within the received three-dimensional point cloud;
• and
• determine a surface finish parameter associated with the portion of the field surface present within the field of view of the LiDAR sensor based on the generated plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices.

A method for determining surface finish within an agricultural field, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a computing system, a three-dimensional point cloud from a LiDAR sensor supported on an agricultural machine, the three-dimensional point cloud depicting a portion of a field surface present within a field of view of the LiDAR sensor;
• generating, with the computing system, a plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices from the received three-dimensional point cloud, the plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices being spaced apart from each other such that each of the plurality of spaced apart two-dimensional point cloud slices corresponds to a different two-dimensional plane within the received three-dimensional point cloud;
• determining, with the computing system, a surface finish parameter associated with the portion of the field surface present within the field of view of the LiDAR sensor based on the generated plurality of two-dimensional point cloud slices;
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• initiating, with the computing system, a control action associated with adjusting an operation of the agricultural machine based on the determined surface finish parameter.