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US 2024/0253074 A1Published application
Front-mount cameras on agricultural sprayer with real-time, on-machine target sensor
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSteven REES, Tarik LOUKILI, Michael P. SCHLAX
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Abstract
A camera is mounted on the front of a sprayer. Targets are identified from images generated by the camera. The location of the target is identified relative to a nozzle on the sprayer. A control signal is generated to control the timing and duration of actuation of the nozzle.
Claims20
An agricultural sprayer, comprising:
- a boom mounted to a back end of the agricultural sprayer;
- a plurality of spray nozzles coupled to the boom to apply material to a field;
- a first optical sensor coupled to a front end of the agricultural sprayer and configured to sense an image of a portion of the field ahead of the agricultural sprayer;
- a target identification system configured to detect a target of the agricultural sprayer based on the sensed image;
- a nozzle identification system configured to identify a nozzle, of the plurality of nozzles, based on the detected target;
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- a control system configured to generate a control signal to control the identified nozzle to apply material to the target.
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An agricultural system, comprising:
- an agricultural sprayer having a front end and a back end;
- a plurality of spray nozzles coupled to the back end of the agricultural sprayer;
- a first optical sensor coupled to the front end of the agricultural sprayer and configured to sense an image of a portion of a field ahead of the agricultural sprayer;
- a target identification system configured to detect a target of the agricultural sprayer based on the sensed image;
- a nozzle identification system configured to identify a nozzle, of the plurality of nozzles, based on the detected target;
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- a control system configured to generate a control signal to control the identified nozzle to apply material to the target.
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An agricultural system, comprising:
- a target identification system configured receive a sensed image of an area of a field ahead of an agricultural sprayer and to detect a target of the agricultural sprayer based on a sensed image;
- a nozzle identification system configured to generate a nozzle identifier identifying a nozzle, of a plurality of nozzles on the agricultural sprayer, based on the detected target;
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- a control system configured to generate a control signal to control the identified nozzle to apply material to the target based on the nozzle identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.