US 11,937,527 B2
System and method for determining residue coverage within a field following a harvesting operation
Luca Ferrari, Formigine (IT); and Christopher Barrick, Morton, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/527,264.
Prior Publication US 2021/0034867 A1, Feb. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01B 69/001 (2013.01); A01B 69/004 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0236 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for determining residue coverage within a field, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, yield data associated with an estimated crop yield across a field, the yield data being generated by a yield sensor having a field of view directed upstream of where crop residue is expelled from a harvester during a performance of a harvesting operation by the harvester;
generating, with the one or more computing devices, an estimated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the yield data;
receiving, with the one or more computing devices, residue data associated with at least one of a thickness or a distribution of residue coverage across a surface of the field following the performance of the harvesting operation within the field, the residue data being generated by a residue sensor having a field of view directed towards the surface of the field after the performance of the harvesting operation; and
generating, with the one or more computing devices, an updated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the estimated residue coverage map and the residue data.