Method for planting seeds or plants and a corresponding machine
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsRoland Werner, Christian Bartolein, Kilian Wolff, Marcus Reutemann, Uwe Vollmar
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Abstract
In accordance with an example embodiment, a method and a machine for planting seeds or plants in a field to enable a planting of the seeds or plants in an established spacing based on two-dimensional coordinates output by a positioning system and the slope of the field in the working direction.
Claims10
A method for planting seeds or plants in a field, comprising the following steps:
- making available a machine for planting the seeds or plants, the machine movable over the field in a working direction and equipped with a positioning system that outputs two-dimensional, horizontal coordinates,
- establishing a spacing measured in the working direction, the seeds or plants being planted in the field with the spacing between adjacent seeds or plants,
- determining a slope of the field along the working direction of the machine,
- planting the seeds or plants at the established spacing based on the two-dimensional coordinates output by the positioning system and the slope of the field in the working direction, and
- activating the machine to plant a seed or plant when x=ltarget·cos (α), where x is a horizontal distance traveled since the last activation according to the two-dimensional positioning system, ltarget is the established spacing, and α is the determined slope of the field.
An arrangement for planting seeds or plants in a field, having a machine for planting the seeds or plants, the machine movable over the field in a working direction and coupled to a positioning system that outputs two-dimensional, horizontal coordinates, having:
- means for establishing a spacing measured in the working direction at which adjacent seeds or plants are to be planted in the field,
- a device for determining a slope of the field along the working direction of the machine, and
- a control means, connected by signal transmission to a seeding or planting device for planting the seeds or plants, said control means being operable to control the seeding or planting device and plant the seeds or plants in the established spacing in the field, based on the two-dimensional coordinates output by the positioning system and the slope of the field in the working direction;
- wherein the control means is operable to activate the seeding or planting device to plant a seed or plant when x=ltarget·cos (α), where x is a horizontal distance traveled since the last activation according to the two-dimensional positioning system, ltarget is the established spacing, and α is the determined slope of the field.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.