US 11,921,512 B2
Methods and systems for generating shared collaborative maps
Doug Sauder, Livermore, CA (US); Tavis Bones, Morton, IL (US); and Tim Reddy, Washington, IL (US)
Assigned to CLIMATE LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Climate LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/945,466.
Application 17/945,466 is a continuation of application No. 16/701,647, filed on Dec. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,467,589.
Application 16/701,647 is a continuation of application No. 15/300,366, granted, now 10,528,052, previously published as PCT/US2015/015252, filed on Feb. 10, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/937,725, filed on Feb. 10, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084397 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); A01C 7/08 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G05D 1/0219 (2013.01) [A01C 7/08 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01D 41/127 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
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1. A method of generating a collaborative shared map between agricultural machines, the method comprising:
generating at least one shared collaborative map for at least one of first and second agricultural machines, based on data gathered from the first agricultural machine and the second agricultural machine;
wherein said shared collaborative map indicates locations in a field where said first agricultural machine has already planted a first seed type, wherein said shared collaborative map indicates locations in the field where said second agricultural machine has already planted a second seed type;
providing the shared collaborative map to a cab monitor of at least one of the first agricultural machine and/or the second agricultural machine;
generating, using the shared collaborative map, a first trigger that is compatible with the first agricultural machine; and
communicating the first trigger to the first agricultural machine, based on a current location of the first agricultural machine relative to the shared collaborative map, causing the first agricultural machine to shut off a seed meter of the first agricultural machine to prevent the first agricultural machine from replanting regions at locations that have been already planted by the first agricultural machine or the second agricultural machine.