Agricultural Drone System
AssigneeAGCO International GmbH
InventorChristoph Stehling
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Abstract
An agricultural system comprises an agricultural machine and a drone. A drone landing platform is mounted to the agricultural machine. A dynamically controllable geofence is generated which defines prohibited drone positions. The geofence shape is adapted for landing of the drone to provide permitted drone positions during landing on the drone landing platform.
Claims15
An agricultural system, comprising:
- an agricultural machine;
- a drone landing platform mounted to the agricultural machine;
- a controller configured to generate a dynamically controllable geofence which defines prohibited drone positions, wherein the controller is configured to adapt the shape of the geofence for landing of a drone to provide a permitted drone path during landing on the drone landing platform.
A method of controlling a drone of an agricultural system, wherein the drone is for taking off from, and landing to, a drone landing platform of an agricultural machine of the agricultural system, the method comprising:
- generating a dynamically controllable geofence which defines prohibited drone positions, wherein the method comprises adapting the shape of the geofence for landing of the drone to provide a permitted drone path during landing on the drone landing platform.
The method of 12, comprising generating the geofence such that all non-prohibited drone positions are within a field of view of an operator position of the agricultural machine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.