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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2024
Applicant:
Cnh Industrial Italia S.p.a., Turin, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CNH INDUSTRIAL ITALIA S.P.A., Turin, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/04 (2006.01); A01B 69/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/48 (2010.01); G05D 1/672 (2024.01); G05D 107/20 (2024.01); G05D 111/10 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01B 69/008 (2013.01); A01B 69/001 (2013.01); G01S 19/48 (2013.01); G05D 1/672 (2024.01); G05D 2107/21 (2024.01); G05D 2111/17 (2024.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling an implement moved by an agricultural vehicle driving over a path along a crop row includes using a point cloud sensor to scan a portion of the crop row and to generate a point cloud. Multiple crop row volumes arranged along the portion of the crop row are determined. For each crop row volume, a vertical point density distribution is determined by determining which points of the point cloud fall within the crop row volume. The implement is controlled based on the vertical point density distribution of each crop row volume.