Methods and systems for seed planting management and control
Abstract
A seed planting system providing optimal seed spacing in an agricultural field. The seed planting system includes a mobile seed planter having one or more planting shoes, or members being adapted for towing by a farm vehicle or being self-propelled. Sensors, disposed proximate to respective planting shoes, detect seed planting events and send corresponding signals to a computer. Contemporaneously, a geospatial locator acquires, and transmits to the computer, the geospatial location of each planted seed. The computer correlates the geospatial location data with the seed deposition data and generates a seed distribution profile indicating the location of each seed planted in a zone of interest to enable the control of speed spacing.
- Inventors:
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- Idaho Falls, ID
- Rigby, ID
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 874419
- Patent Number(s):
- 6386128
- Assignee:
- Bechtel BWXT Idaho. LLC (Idaho Falls, ID)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01B - SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A01 - AGRICULTURE A01C - PLANTING
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- methods; systems; seed; planting; management; control; providing; optimal; spacing; agricultural; field; mobile; planter; shoes; adapted; towing; farm; vehicle; self-propelled; sensors; disposed; proximate; detect; events; send; signals; computer; contemporaneously; geospatial; locator; acquires; transmits; location; planted; correlates; data; deposition; generates; distribution; profile; indicating; zone; enable; speed; /111/701/
Citation Formats
Svoboda, John M, Hess, J Richard, Hoskinson, Reed L, and Harker, David J. Methods and systems for seed planting management and control. United States: N. p., 2002.
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Svoboda, John M, Hess, J Richard, Hoskinson, Reed L, & Harker, David J. Methods and systems for seed planting management and control. United States.
Svoboda, John M, Hess, J Richard, Hoskinson, Reed L, and Harker, David J. Tue .
"Methods and systems for seed planting management and control". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/874419.
@article{osti_874419,
title = {Methods and systems for seed planting management and control},
author = {Svoboda, John M and Hess, J Richard and Hoskinson, Reed L and Harker, David J},
abstractNote = {A seed planting system providing optimal seed spacing in an agricultural field. The seed planting system includes a mobile seed planter having one or more planting shoes, or members being adapted for towing by a farm vehicle or being self-propelled. Sensors, disposed proximate to respective planting shoes, detect seed planting events and send corresponding signals to a computer. Contemporaneously, a geospatial locator acquires, and transmits to the computer, the geospatial location of each planted seed. The computer correlates the geospatial location data with the seed deposition data and generates a seed distribution profile indicating the location of each seed planted in a zone of interest to enable the control of speed spacing.},
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place = {United States},
year = {2002},
month = {1}
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