US 11,971,725 B2
System and method for performing spraying operations with an agricultural applicator
Scott Allen Long, Plainfield, IL (US); Trevor Stanhope, Oak Lawn, IL (US); and Roy A. Bittner, Cato, WI (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,509.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119310 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G05D 1/02 (2020.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); B05B 12/12 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G05D 1/0246 (2013.01) [A01C 23/007 (2013.01); A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); B05B 12/12 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G05D 1/0027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for an agricultural operation, the system comprising:
a first vehicle equipped with an imaging sensor configured to capture image data associated within a field;
a second vehicle including a boom assembly having first and second nozzle assemblies configured to exhaust an agricultural product;
a target sensor associated with the second vehicle, the target sensor configured to capture data of an underlying field, and
a computing system communicatively coupled with the imaging sensor and the target sensor, the computing system configured to:
receive the image data associated with the field;
identify one or more objects within the image data as a target, the target being a detected weed;
identify one or more objects within the image data as a landmark;
determine a location of the target relative to the landmark;
predict a deflection of the boom assembly of the second vehicle relative to a lateral direction based on a topology of the field at a position of the target; and
actuate one of the first nozzle assembly or the second nozzle assembly of the second vehicle when an application region of the first nozzle assembly or an application region of the first nozzle assembly is aligned with the target based on a comparison of the image data from the imaging sensor associated with the first vehicle to image data from the target sensor associated with the second vehicle.