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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Macdon Industries Ltd., Winnipeg, CA;
Inventors:
Daniel Flick, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Karl Hundt, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Nolan Monhollen, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Assignee:
MacDon Industries LTD., Winnipeg, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/001 (2013.01); A01B 69/004 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/10 (2017.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of navigating a vehicle through a field as it is being towed by a tractor. The method comprises obtaining an image of the field, segmenting the image to identify one or more crop rows, and steering the vehicle to avoid the one or more crop rows.