18919238. RESIDUE MONITORING AND RESIDUE-BASED CONTROL (Deere & Company)
RESIDUE MONITORING AND RESIDUE-BASED CONTROL
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Adam D. Sporrer of Huxley IA US
Ricky B. Theilen of Bettendorf IA US
Lucas B. Larsen of Ankeny IA US
Kyle J. Trost of FRANKFORT IL US
RESIDUE MONITORING AND RESIDUE-BASED CONTROL
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18919238 titled 'RESIDUE MONITORING AND RESIDUE-BASED CONTROL
Original Abstract Submitted
An agricultural machine includes a set of ground engaging elements that perform a ground engaging operation. The agricultural machine includes a rearward sensor mounted to the agricultural machine to sense an area of ground behind the agricultural machine and generate a rearward sensor signal. The agricultural machine includes rearward zone generator logic that determines a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone and the second zone represent portions of the area of ground behind the agricultural machine. The agricultural machine includes rearward residue generator logic configured to receive the rearward sensor signal and determine a first residue metric indicative of the amount of residue in the first zone. The agricultural machine includes control logic that controls one or more aspects of the ground engaging operation on the area of ground based on the first residue metric.