Connected planter data sharing playthrough
AssigneeKinze Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsRyan McMahan, Jason Schoon, Matthew Moeller, MATTHEW BAKER
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Abstract
Continued and precise operation of an agricultural implement exists even where a subsystem, such as a GPS receiver, wireless communicator, a sensor, or the like, fails, falters, or is otherwise unusable. Data is continually tracked to the extent possible during failure or faltering and is temporarily stored. To continue operations during periods of unavailability, a representation of planted ground is anticipated by other agricultural implements and/or calculated with agricultural data from other agricultural implements. Normal operations then continue until data sync can catch back up to real-time.
Claims20
A computerized method for carrying out an agricultural operation, the computerized method comprising:
- sensing agricultural characteristics with a first agricultural implement;
- communicating, in real-time, agricultural data associated with the agricultural characteristics between a first agricultural implement and a second agricultural implement;
- in times where at least one aspect of the second agricultural implement becomes unavailable:
- interpolating, with a non-transitory computer readable medium on the first agricultural implement, anticipated agricultural data associated with the second agricultural implement;
- and
- relying, at least in part, on a sharing playthrough including at least some of the anticipated agricultural data for continued operation of the second agricultural implement;
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- allowing for a combined display of data related to the second agricultural implement by creating a harmonized view of (i) the agricultural data associated with a live feed—mapped view;
- and (ii) the anticipated agricultural data for continued operation of the second agricultural implement.
A computerized method for carrying out an agricultural operation comprising:
- sensing agricultural characteristics with a first agricultural implement;
- communicating, in real-time, agricultural data associated with the agricultural characteristics between a first agricultural implement and a second agricultural implement;
- in times where at least one aspect of the second agricultural implement becomes unavailable:
- interpolating, with a non-transitory computer readable medium on the first agricultural implement, anticipated agricultural data associated with the second agricultural implement;
- and
- relying, at least in part, on a sharing playthrough including at least some of the anticipated agricultural data for continued operation of the second agricultural implement;
- and
- allowing for a combined display of data related to the second agricultural implement by creating a harmonized view of (i) the agricultural data associated with a live feed-mapped view;
- and (ii) the anticipated agricultural data for continued operation of the second agricultural implement.
A computerized method for carrying out an agricultural operation, the computerized method comprising:
- sensing agricultural characteristics with a first agricultural implement;
- communicating, in real-time, agricultural data associated with the agricultural characteristics between a first agricultural implement and a second agricultural implement;
- determining a geographic location of the second agricultural implement;
- planning a path of travel for the second agricultural implement and/or allowing an operator to accept a proposed path of travel for the second agricultural implement;
- in times where at least one aspect of the second agricultural implement becomes unavailable:
- interpolating, with a non-transitory computer readable medium on the first agricultural implement, anticipated agricultural data associated with the second agricultural implement;
- and
- relying, at least in part, on a sharing playthrough including at least some of the anticipated agricultural data for continued operation of the second agricultural implement;
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- updating the anticipated agricultural data during operation of the agricultural implement based on a change to a path of travel, a task to be performed, or a weather condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.