Apparatus, system and method for monitoring soil criteria during tillage operations and control of tillage tools
US10820476B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 18, 2018 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 9, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/245
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tillage implement comprising a frame operably supporting tillage tools, and a soil monitoring system comprising instrumentation operably supported from the frame and disposed to detect soil criteria before, after, or before and after the soil is tilled by the tillage tools. The soil criteria detected is at least one of surface residue criteria, soil clod size criteria and soil shatter criteria.
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