US 12,274,260 B2
System and method to quantify spray quality
Scott Allen Long, Plainfield, IL (US); Trevor Stanhope, Oak Lawn, IL (US); Nathan Brooks, Manitowoc, WI (US); and Monte Gene Weller, Frankfort, IL (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/490,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,061, filed on Oct. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0125033 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 7/0089 (2013.01) [A01C 23/007 (2013.01); B05B 12/008 (2013.01); B05B 12/082 (2013.01); A01C 23/047 (2013.01); A01M 7/0042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural work vehicle comprising:
a chassis supporting a cab and a boom assembly;
one or more nozzle assemblies positioned along the boom assembly and configured to selectively dispense an agricultural product therefrom;
a sensor operably coupled with the boom assembly and configured to capture data associated with one or more application variables; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, the controller configured to receive, from the sensor, the data associated with the one or more application variables and calculate a spray quality index defined between an upper integer and a lower integer based on the one or more application variables, the upper integer and the lower integer being determined based on a scaling and weighting of the one or more application variables, wherein the weighting of the one or more application variables is altered as the one or more nozzle assemblies positioned along the boom assembly selectively dispense the agricultural product therefrom.