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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2022
Applicant:

Raven Industries, Inc., Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Inventors:

Dean Russell Kertai, Regina, CA;

Joshua James Dalbert Friedrick, Yorkton, CA;

Caleb Vaughn Friedrick, Regina, CA;

Thomas Dean Chadwick, Regina, CA;

Thomas Antony, Ames, IA (US);

Andrew David Stelter, Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Jared Ernest Kocer, Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Assignee:

Raven Industries, inc., Sioux Falls, SD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0291 (2013.01);
Abstract

Control systems and methods for coordinating multiple agricultural machines for operation on an agricultural field are provided. Each machine may receive field data for an agricultural field that optionally includes a plurality of pre-defined swaths. Each machine may receive state data from other machine(s). The state data for the other machine(s) may include a next swath and a current swath. Each machine may, after an indication of a start of its current swath, determine a next swath based on open swaths and the state data for the other machine(s). A next swath may also be determined using vehicle kinematic data, and conflicts between machines may be resolved.


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