Abstract: An illustrative control system for a precision agricultural implement includes a controller having a convolutional neural network, an imaging device, a plurality of sensors, and a plurality of actuators in communication with the controller, the controller configured for detecting and tracking objects of interest in a commodity field, such a commodity plants, and the plurality of actuators including a plurality of agricultural tool actuators the controller operates based on the detection and tracking of object of interest in the commodity field.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 15, 2022
Date of Patent:
December 6, 2022
Assignee:
Stout Industrial Technology, Inc.
Inventors:
David Grant, Steven T. Snyder, Jeffrey L. Antle
Abstract: An illustrative modular smart implement for precision agriculture includes a chassis having a hydraulic system, a control system, and articulating tool arms that are adapted to releasably receive one of a tool attachment for working a crop and/or field, including precision planting, cultivating, thinning, spraying, harvesting, and/or data collection. A toolbar fixed to the chassis receives and supports the articulating tools arms. An alignment member and side shift actuator provide movement of a portion of the tool arms along an axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the toolbar, and a lift actuator provide movement along a vertical axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 9, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 15, 2022
Assignee:
Stout Industrial Technology, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeffrey L. Antle, Steven T. Snyder, Austin J. Larick
Abstract: An illustrative control system for an precision agricultural implement includes a controller having a convolutional neural network, a machine vision module, a plurality of sensors, and a plurality of actuators in communication with the controller, the plurality of actuators including a plurality of agricultural tool actuators.