Planter control using timestamp/location stamps
US11510357B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 8, 2020 |
| Grant date | Nov 29, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 3, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01C7/20
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of different controllers on an agricultural machine are time synchronized. A positioning system detects a geographic location and a timestamp, which is indicative of a time when the geographic location was sensed, is applied to the geographic location. A first controller, that identifies an action to be taken based upon a location of the agricultural machine and a speed of the agricultural machine, and also based on a geographic location of where the action is to be taken, generates a future timestamp indicating a future time at which the action is to be taken. An action identifier (that identifies the action) and the future timestamp is sent to an actuator controller that controls an actuator to take the action. The actuator controller identifies an actuator delay corresponding to the actuator and controls the actuator to take the action at a time identified in the future timestamp based upon the future timestamp, a current time, and the actuator delay.
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