Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and related systems for automatically calibrating seed meters
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Application No.: US16506596Application Date: 2019-07-09
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Publication No.: US11570945B2Publication Date: 2023-02-07
- Inventor: Christopher Schoeny , Chad M. Johnson
- Applicant: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Applicant Address: US PA New Holland
- Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee: CNH Industrial America LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA New Holland
- Agent Rebecca Henkel; Rickard DeMille
- Main IPC: A01C7/10
- IPC: A01C7/10 ; A01C7/12 ; A01C7/08

Abstract:
In one aspect, a calibration method for a seed meter may include controlling an operation of a singulator to apply an initial aggressiveness setting for the singulator. The method may further include controlling the seed meter to rotate a seed transport member of the seed meter relative to a seed chamber of the seed meter containing a plurality of seeds. The method may additionally include performing a calibration cycle, which may include monitoring a first parameter indicative of a number of occurrences of seed multiples as the seed transport member rotates, iteratively adjusting the aggressiveness setting from the initial aggressiveness setting as the first parameter is being monitored, and when the first parameter crosses a first threshold, recording the associated aggressiveness setting as a minimum aggressiveness setting for the singulator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210007272A1 METHODS AND RELATED SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CALIBRATING SEED METERS Public/Granted day:2021-01-14
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