Method for planting seeds or plants and a corresponding machine

US9848528B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Deere & Company · US

Inventors

• Roland Werner · Krefeld, DE
• Christian Bartolein · Birkenheide, DE
• Kilian Wolff · Moline, US
• Marcus Reutemann · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Uwe Vollmar · Zweibrücken, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 14, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 26, 2017
• Expiry date: Sep 14, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01S19/13
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment, a method and a machine for planting seeds or plants in a field to enable a planting of the seeds or plants in an established spacing based on two-dimensional coordinates output by a positioning system and the slope of the field in the working direction.