GPS system to provide planter tripping for crop research plots
December 4, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesAgricultural aircraft control system using the global positioning system Method and means for harvesting and packaging seeds Position-responsive control system and method for sprayer GPS receiving apparatus Vehicle mounted navigation device Automatic scaling of GPS field maps Multi-variable rate dispensing system for agricultural machines Method and apparatus for determining a path to be traversed by a mobile machine Method and apparatus for establishing a perimeter defining an area to be traversed by a mobile machine Computer-aided farming system and method InventorsApplicationNo. 728963 filed on 12/04/2000US Classes:702/5, Topography (e.g., land mapping)702/2Earth scienceExaminersPrimary: McElheny, Donald Jr.International ClassG06F 019/00AbstractA GPS system to provide planter tripping for crop research plots provides the longitude and latitude of the first trip location and provide a continuous flow of location information. A control computer calculates the next tripping location and provides a signal to the planter at that location and each subsequent tripping location in the field grid. A GPS receiver mounted on the planter provides location information. When the first plot is manually tripped the computer will use vector information to determine the next tripping location. The computer has a program that allows entry of planted length and alley width so the system can calculate the next plot location from the original planter trip. Additional parameters entered in the program include the number of trips needed to pass across the field and the number of passes that would be needed to complete the planting grid. | |
