SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL CONFIRMATION OF PLANTER PERFORMANCE

Abstract: systems and methods are presented for automatically capturing visual data of a seed placed by a seed planting machine (e.g., a crop row planter). an electronic controller is configured to receive a signal indicative of a seed being dispensed by the seed planting machine and to trigger a camera to capture an image of the dispensed seed in response to a determination, based on the signal, that the seed has been dispensed by the seed planting machine. in some implementations, the system includes a seed sensor configured to detect a seed moving through a seed tube that dispensed seeds from the seed planting machine. in other implementations, the system is configured to detect a new seed being dispensed by the seed planting machine by analyzing image data captured by a camera.

Inventor(s): Matthew Mentzer

CPC Classification: H04N7/188 (Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast)

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