- Patent Title: Systems, methods, and apparatus for crop input variety selection
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Application No.: US15825929Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US10455760B2Publication Date: 2019-10-29
- Inventor: Luke Stuber , Justin Vollmer , Timothy Schaefer
- Applicant: Precision Planting LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Tremont
- Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
- Current Assignee: Precision Planting LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Tremont
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: A01C7/10
- IPC: A01C7/10 ; A01C21/00 ; A01C14/00 ; G01F23/292 ; G01N15/02 ; A01C7/04 ; G01F23/26 ; G01F23/296

Abstract:
Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural planting including selecting and varying agricultural input types during an in-field operation. In one embodiment, a method of calculating a volume of a seed during planting comprises adding a known volume of seed to a seed pool that has a fill level sensor. The method further includes dispensing seeds from the seed pool and as the seeds are dispensed, counting the number of seeds with a seed sensor. The method further includes stopping counting when the fill level sensor indicates no seeds present and calculating seed volume by dividing the known volume by the number of seeds counted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180148276A1 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CROP INPUT VARIETY SELECTION Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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