Digital modeling and tracking of agricultural fields for implementing agricultural field trials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12002115-B2
Application number	US-202318111795-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2023
Priority date	Aug 21, 2017
Publication date	Jun 4, 2024
Grant date	Jun 4, 2024

Abstract

A system for implementing a trial in one or more fields is provided. In an embodiment, a agricultural intelligence computing system receives field data for a plurality of agricultural fields. Based, at least in part, on the field data for the plurality of agricultural fields, the agricultural intelligence computing system identifies one or more target agricultural fields. The agricultural intelligence computing system sends, to a field manager computing device associated with the one or more target agricultural fields, a trial participation request. The server receives data indicating acceptance of the trial participation request from the field manager computing device. The server determines one or more locations on the one or more target agricultural fields for implementing a trial and sends data identifying the one or more locations to the field manager computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
based on an agricultural implement performing an agricultural activity with respect to one or more target agricultural fields of a plurality of agricultural fields:
receiving data corresponding to the agricultural activity from one or more field sensors or one or more sensors integrated with the agricultural implement;
determining, based on the received data, compliance of the one or more target agricultural fields with a trial;
in response to determining that the one or more target agricultural fields are not in compliance with the trial, generating a warning at a cab computer associated with the agricultural implement, the warning indicating that the one or more target agricultural fields are not in compliance with the trial; and
adjusting, by the cab computer associated with the agricultural implement, based on the trial for the one or more target agricultural fields, the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement with regard to the one or more target agricultural fields.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating the warning includes causing displaying, through a graphical user interface executing on a field manager computing device, the warning.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement includes correcting planting activity being performed by the agricultural implement in the one or more target agricultural fields, so that the one or more target agricultural fields are in compliance with the trial.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement includes correcting an application being performed by the agricultural implement in the one or more target agricultural fields, so that the one or more target agricultural fields are in compliance with the trial.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement includes correcting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement while the agricultural implement is in the one or more target agricultural fields, to thereby bring the one or more target agricultural fields into compliance with the trial.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement includes modifying operation of the agricultural implement while the agricultural implement is in the one or more target agricultural fields, to thereby bring the one or more target agricultural fields into compliance with the trial.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement includes stopping operation of the agricultural implement prior to the agricultural implement performing the agricultural activity in the one or more target agricultural fields.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the warning, identifying one or more additional locations of the one or more target agricultural fields which would allow the one or more target agricultural fields to be in compliance with the trial.

9. A system, comprising:
an agricultural intelligence computing system having one or more processors;
a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors of the agricultural intelligence computing system, cause the one or more processors to:
based on an agricultural implement performing an agricultural activity with respect to one or more target agricultural fields of a plurality of agricultural fields:
receive data corresponding to the agricultural activity from one or more field sensors or one or more sensors integrated with the agricultural implement;
determine, based on the received data, a compliance of the one or more target agricultural fields with a trial; and
in response to determining that the one or more target agricultural fields are not in compliance with the trial, generate a warning indicating that the one or more target agricultural fields are not in compliance with the trial; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a cab computer associated with the agricultural implement, cause the at least one processor of the cab computer to, in response to the warning, adjust the agricultural activity being performed by the agricultural implement with regard to the one or more target agricultural fields.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the agricultural intelligence computing system, further cause the one or more processors to transmit the warning to a field manager computing device.

11. The system of claim 10 , further comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of the field manager computing device, cause the at least one processor of the field manager computing device to display the warning through a graphical user interface executing on the field manager computing device.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the warning includes an icon displayed on a map of the one or more target agricultural fields.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the agricultural intelligence computing system, further cause the one or more processors to stop operation of the agricultural implement prior to the agricultural implement performing the agricultural activity in the one or more target agricultural fields.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the agricultural intelligence computing system, further cause the one or more processors to modify operation of the agricultural implement while the agricultural implement is in the one or more target agricultural fields, to thereby bring the one or more target agricultural fields into compliance with the trial.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the agricultural intelligence computing system, further cause the one or more processors to, in response to the warning, identify one or more additional locations of the one or more target agricultural fields which would allow the one or more target agricultural fields to be in compliance with the trial.

16. The system of claim 9 , wherein the agricultural activity includes planting activity and/or treatment activity.

Assignees

• Climate Llc

Inventors

• Bull Jason Kendrick
• Cizek Nicholas Charles
• Rinkenberger Brandon
• Ruff Thomas Gene
• Sauder Doug

Classifications

• G06Q50/02 Primary

  Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining · CPC title

• A01B79/005

  Precision agriculture · CPC title

• F24F11/49

  ensuring correct operation, e.g. by trial operation or configuration checks · CPC title

• G01C11/025

  by scanning the object · CPC title

• G01N33/24

  Earth materials (G01N33/42 takes precedence) · CPC title