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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:
Dec. 14, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2017
Applicant:

Cnh Industrial America Llc, New Holland, PA (US);

Inventor:

Luca Ferrari, Formigine, IT;

Assignee:

CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 63/00 (2006.01); G01S 15/08 (2006.01); G01S 19/00 (2010.01); A01B 49/02 (2006.01); A01B 63/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01B 63/002 (2013.01); G01S 15/08 (2013.01); G01S 19/00 (2013.01); A01B 49/027 (2013.01); A01B 63/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system measures the roughness of the ground surface over which an agricultural implement passes as measured in the direction of travel. The system includes at least one ground sensor attached to the agricultural implement that provides measurement of the distance to the ground. A controller is connected to the at least one ground sensor, and controls at least one adjustment of the agricultural implement. The at least one ground sensor provides instantaneous output based on the distance to the ground to the controller. The controller then calculates at least one statistical parameter from the instantaneous output. The at least one statistical parameter is calculated from variations in the distance to the ground in the direction of travel of the agricultural implement.


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