US 12,225,839 B2
Crop row guidance systems
Alexander Quentin Susko, Jackson, MN (US); and Jeffrey Michael Zimmerman, Lake Park, IA (US)
Assigned to AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed by AGCO Corporation, Duluth, GA (US)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/804,191.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,623, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0377962 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G06V 10/42 (2022.01); G06V 10/88 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC A01B 69/001 (2013.01) [A01B 69/008 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06V 10/431 (2022.01); G06V 10/893 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a camera, comprising a single lens; and
a central processing unit (CPU) operably coupled to the camera and comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the CPU to:
receive image data of at least one crop row from the camera, the image data comprising a plurality of images of the at least one crop row;
generate a signal processing filter based on a signal processing transform and initial image data of an initial image of the plurality of images of the at least one crop row of the image data;
apply the signal processing filter to subsequent image data of subsequent images of the plurality of images to determine an attribute of the at least one crop row, wherein the subsequent images are captured by the camera after the initial image is captured by the camera;
wherein the (CPU) controls steering of an agricultural vehicle, via a controller of the agricultural vehicle, based at least partially on the determined attribute of the at least one crop row.