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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Inventors:
Noel W. Anderson, Fargo, ND (US);
Niels Dybro, Sherrard, IL (US);
Assignee:
Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); A01D 75/00 (2006.01); G01B 21/08 (2006.01); G01B 21/10 (2006.01); G01N 3/30 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 45/02 (2013.01); A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 45/021 (2013.01); A01D 75/00 (2013.01); G01B 21/08 (2013.01); G01B 21/10 (2013.01); G01N 3/30 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for measuring plant attributes comprises a plant attribute sensor (); a digital a priori plant location map (); and an ECU () coupled to the plant attribute sensor () and configured to retrieve and use the a priori plant map and to anticipate a plant measurement based upon the a priori plant map and to use that anticipation to improve the accuracy of the plant measurement.