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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Agjunction Llc, Hiawatha, KS (US);
Inventors:
Joshua M. Gattis, Robinson, KS (US);
Steven A. Koch, Centralia, KS (US);
Assignee:
AGJUNCTION LLC, Hiawatha, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01M 7/0057 (2013.01); A01C 23/008 (2013.01); A01M 9/0076 (2013.01);
Abstract
A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) based control system is provided for positioning a working component relative to a work surface. Inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors, such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, are mounted on the working component and provide positioning signals to a control compute engine. A method of positioning a working component relative to a work surface using GNSS-based positioning signals is also disclosed.