US 12,276,583 B2
System for detecting the concentration of gases in soil
Jamison Wayne Herring, Kings, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/759,556
Filed by Jamison Wayne Herring, Kings, IL (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/015785
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/155204, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/968,366, filed on Jan. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085819 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 1/22 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/2294 (2013.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); G01N 33/245 (2024.05); G01N 2001/021 (2013.01); G01N 33/0031 (2013.01); G01N 33/004 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for determining soil attributes, comprising:
an air intake mounted on a soil-working implement of an associated vehicle and in fluid communication with a vacuum pump mounted on said associated vehicle, said air intake and said vacuum pump configured to continuously draw soil gasses from soil through said air intake during movement of said associated vehicle;
at least one gas sensor in fluid communication with said air intake and operable for continuously receiving soil gasses from said air intake and measuring gas concentration levels in said soil gasses received from said air intake during movement of said associated vehicle;
a GPS unit operable to identify a position of said system during movement of said associated vehicle and while said at least one gas sensor receives soil gasses from said air intake and measures gas concentration levels; and
a controller in communication with said at least one gas sensor and said GPS unit and configured to map measurements from said at least one gas sensor relative to a system position as determined by said GPS unit.