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US 8,948,975 B2Granted
Agriculture combination machines for dispensing compositions
AssigneeAGCO Corporation
InventorsJohn Peterson, David John Ringeisen
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a combination machine comprising: a towed machine; and a towing machine physically coupled to the towed machine, wherein the towing machine tows the towed machine, wherein the towing machine comprises a machine control system configured to: scan a smart label, the smart label affixed to a container containing a composition to be dispensed by the towed machine; and automatically adjust controls of the towing machine and the towed machine based on the scanned information.
Claims14
A combination machine, comprising:
- a dispensing machine comprising a dispensing assembly configured to dispense an agricultural composition to a field;
- and
- a container containing the agricultural composition to be dispensed, the container comprising a smart label containing information about a recipe of the composition contained in the container and a specific geofence of the field on which the composition is to be dispensed;
- wherein the specific geofence of the field is a specific area that the agricultural composition in the container is to be dispensed, and includes, one or more boundaries, and one or more buffer zones;
- wherein the dispensing machine comprises a machine control system configured to:
- scan the smart label affixed to the container to extract the information;
- determine whether the specific geofence for the field specified in the scanned information corresponds to the area of the field being traversed by the combination machine and alert an operator if the combination machine is not positioned within the specified geofence of the field;
- and
- adjust controls of the dispensing machine based on the scanned information.
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