SEARCHABLE INTEGRATION OF GEOSPATIAL BASED INFORMATION WITH CAPTURED IMAGES DURING WORKSITE OPERATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240344299A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18299374

    申请日:2023-04-12

    申请人: Deere & Company

    发明人: Travis J. Davis

    IPC分类号: E02F9/26 E02F9/20 G06F16/587

    摘要: A computer-implemented system and method are provided for searchable integration of operating images and geospatial data, particularly for agricultural field operations or construction worksites in which visual images may be captured by work vehicles during their normal operation rather than requiring specific trips by employees or agronomists. Captured images are uploaded from sensors associated with a work vehicle traversing a work area, along with associated geospatial data, to a remote data storage device via a communications network. The uploaded images and geospatial data are selectively correlated with respect to a geospatial map. Responsive to user input corresponding to a selected one or more nodes in the geospatial map, at least one of the uploaded images are identified as corresponding to the selected one or more nodes. A display is generated representing the identified at least one of the uploaded images on a display unit associated with the received user input.

    OFF-ROAD MACHINE-LEARNED OBSTACLE NAVIGATION IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240152150A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18413342

    申请日:2024-01-16

    申请人: Deere & Company

    发明人: Travis J. Davis

    摘要: An autonomous off-road vehicle, upon encountering an obstruction while navigating a route, can apply a first machine-learned model to identify the obstruction. In the event that the first machine-learned model cannot identify the obstruction, the autonomous off-road vehicle can apply a second machine-learned model configured to determine whether or not the obstruction can be ignored, for instance based on dimensions of the obstruction. If the obstruction can be ignored, the autonomous off-road vehicle can continue navigating the route. If the obstruction cannot be ignored, the autonomous off-road vehicle can modify the route, can stop, can flag the obstruction to a remote human operator, can modify an interface of a human operator to display a notification or a video feed from the vehicle, and the like.

    SEEDING MACHINE INCLUDING VARIABLE FORCE TRENCH CLOSER

    公开(公告)号:US20200337218A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-29

    申请号:US16394676

    申请日:2019-04-25

    申请人: Deere & Company

    摘要: An agricultural seeding machine includes a trench closer assembly and a sensing device configured to sense an aspect of the soil without contacting the soil and to output a sensed signal corresponding to the aspect of the soil. A processing device processes the sensed signal to generate a processed sensed signal, and compares a characteristic of the processed sensed signal to a stored signal characteristic representative of a soil condition. A trench closure quality metric is determined and provided via a user interface. Additionally, in response to and based upon the comparison, the processing device may automatically adjust the force applied to the soil by the soil contacting member. In this manner, the seeding machine utilizes a feedback signal to determine how well a trench is closed and can adjust the performance of the trench closer assembly in accordance with that feedback.

    PERCEPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILL LEVEL SENSING AND DECISION SUPPORT

    公开(公告)号:US20240351809A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18304944

    申请日:2023-04-21

    申请人: Deere & Company

    发明人: Travis J. Davis

    IPC分类号: B65G69/00 B65G43/08 B65G67/22

    摘要: An intelligent fill level system includes a material unloading container having an interior and a material entryway and a plurality of perception sensors mounted along a rim of the entryway, each sensor configured to generate perception data representative of a profile of unloaded material in at least a portion of the interior. A data processing unit, which may for example be onboard the material unloading container, determines one or more multidimensional profile characteristics, such as for example a fill level, of the unloaded material within the material unloading container at least via fusion of the perception data from the plurality of perception sensors, and a communications unit, which may also for example be onboard the container, transmits output signals representative of the determined one or more multidimensional profile characteristics to one or more remote data processing units associated with respective material loading work machines.

    Network-based work machine software optimization

    公开(公告)号:US11423305B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-23

    申请号:US16802291

    申请日:2020-02-26

    申请人: Deere & Company

    发明人: Travis J. Davis

    IPC分类号: G06N3/08 G06F8/60

    摘要: Systems and methods enabling network-based work machine software optimization may be carried-out by a server end in communication with a plurality of work machines over a network. In embodiments, the method includes: (i) storing a software solution database containing a plurality of software solutions corresponding to different work machine task profiles; (ii) receiving, at the server end, a software solution request containing task-specific data from a first work machine in the plurality of work machines; and (iii) searching the software solution database for an optimal-fit software solution corresponding to the task-specific data. If locating an optimal-fit software solution, the server end (iv) avails the first work machine of the optimal-fit software solution via the network. If not locating an optimal-fit software solution within the software solution database, the server end (v) transmits a corresponding message over the network and to the first work machine.

    Seeding machine including variable force trench closer

    公开(公告)号:US11071245B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-27

    申请号:US16394676

    申请日:2019-04-25

    申请人: Deere & Company

    摘要: An agricultural seeding machine includes a trench closer assembly and a sensing device configured to sense an aspect of the soil without contacting the soil and to output a sensed signal corresponding to the aspect of the soil. A processing device processes the sensed signal to generate a processed sensed signal, and compares a characteristic of the processed sensed signal to a stored signal characteristic representative of a soil condition. A trench closure quality metric is determined and provided via a user interface. Additionally, in response to and based upon the comparison, the processing device may automatically adjust the force applied to the soil by the soil contacting member. In this manner, the seeding machine utilizes a feedback signal to determine how well a trench is closed and can adjust the performance of the trench closer assembly in accordance with that feedback.