Deere & Company

Peter D Martinson

Barbra Cavanaugh

Michelle Kwak

Devin L Mangus

Andrea Maria Anna Agarwal

Michael Carley

An agricultural machine includes a product application system comprising a plurality of actuatable applicator mechanisms. Each actuatable applicator mechanism is configured to apply a substance on an agricultural surface. An imaging system includes an imaging capture component configured to capture of an image of plant matter on the agricultural surface, and an image processing module configured to determine a characteristic of the plant matter based on the image. A control system is configured to control one or more of the actuatable applicator mechanisms to apply the substance on the agricultural surface based on the determined characteristic, obtain diagnostic data indicative of operation of the imaging system, and generate a user interface display that displays a representation of the diagnostic data.

Diagnostic system visualization and control for an agricultural spraying machine

A system and method for determining information related to a rotation of a shaft. The method includes receiving a signal associated with a plurality of targets and gaps passing by a sensor. The targets and gaps are positioned around a circumference of a wheel that is fixed for rotation with the shaft. The method includes forming a sensed target-and-gap sequence based on the signal, wherein the sensed target-and-gap sequence represents a subset of the targets and gaps. The method further includes comparing the sensed target-and-gap sequence to a set of known target-and-gap sequences stored in memory. Each known target-and-gap sequence is associated with a respective known circumferential portion of the wheel. The method also includes determining which respective, known target-and-gap sequence is identical to the sensed target-and-gap sequence.

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Peter D Martinson