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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin Klubertanz, Fort Atkinson, WI (US);
Jerome A. Bump, Fort Atkinson, WI (US);
Assignee:
TOPCON POSITIONING SYSTEMS, INC., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/414 (2006.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/3225 (2019.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01); B60P 1/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); G11B 20/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/4141 (2013.01); A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 7/082 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01); B60P 1/00 (2013.01); G06F 1/3225 (2013.01); A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); G05B 2219/13153 (2013.01); G11B 2020/10944 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for agricultural refill planning determines a refill time and access point for a mobile storage device (e.g., a seed tender) to refill an agricultural distribution device (e.g., planter) with agricultural material (e.g., seed). The refill time and access point are selected so that excess time is not lost and areas, such as planting fields, are not adversely affected by movement of the agricultural distribution device or the mobile storage device.