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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. 31, 2024

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Gregory L. Peter, Raleigh, NC (US);

David A. Johnson, Durham, NC (US);

Jeffrey S. Puhalla, Moorhead, MN (US);

Daniel R. Smith, Ankeny, IA (US);

Heather R. Bradford, Ankeny, IA (US);

Assignee:

DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0044 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and methods for generating a work plan for a headland of an agricultural field (e.g., the portion of the agricultural field that is used by an agricultural machine to perform edge turns while working a main work partition of the field). A field boundary polygon indicative of a workable area of the agricultural field is segmented into multiple segments including a headland polygon and a work partition polygon. A seed track is generated based on a shape of a portion of the boundary of the headland polygon that is shared in common with the boundary of the field boundary polygon. The work plan is generated by replicating the seed track at a defined spacing throughout the headland polygon. In some implementations, the agricultural machine is operated autonomously or semi-autonomously to work the headland area based on the defined work plan.


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