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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Michael Christopher Conboy, Chicago, IL (US);

Trevor Stanhope, Oak Lawn, IL (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for monitoring seed placement within the ground during the performance of a planting operation includes receiving, with a computing device, a timing signal associated with a detection of a seed to be deposited within soil by a row unit as the row unit is actively depositing seeds within the soil, and identifying, with the computing device, a time associated with when the seed will pass through a detection zone of a seed placement sensor supported relative to the row unit based on the timing signal. The seed placement sensor is configured to detect the seed as planted underneath a surface of the soil. In addition, the method includes evaluating, with the computing device, data collected by the seed placement sensor during the identified time to determine a seed placement parameter associated with seed.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Conboy, Michael. (2026). Systems and methods for monitoring seed placement within the ground (U.S. Patent No. 12765446). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12765446

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