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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2017
Applicant:

Precision Planting Llc, Tremont, IL (US);

Inventors:

Luke Stuber, Tremont, IL (US);

Justin Vollmer, Morton, IL (US);

Timothy Schaefer, Tremont, IL (US);

Assignee:

Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01C 14/00 (2006.01); G01F 23/292 (2006.01); G01N 15/02 (2006.01); A01C 7/04 (2006.01); G01F 23/26 (2006.01); G01F 23/296 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01C 7/10 (2013.01); A01C 14/00 (2013.01); G01F 23/292 (2013.01); G01N 15/02 (2013.01); G01N 15/0205 (2013.01); A01C 7/046 (2013.01); G01F 23/26 (2013.01); G01F 23/2962 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for agricultural planting including selecting and varying agricultural input types during an in-field operation. In one embodiment, a method of calculating a volume of a seed during planting comprises adding a known volume of seed to a seed pool that has a fill level sensor. The method further includes dispensing seeds from the seed pool and as the seeds are dispensed, counting the number of seeds with a seed sensor. The method further includes stopping counting when the fill level sensor indicates no seeds present and calculating seed volume by dividing the known volume by the number of seeds counted.


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