US 11,989,970 B2
Mobile work machine control system with terrain image analysis
Yifu Wu, Naperville, IL (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,033.
Application 17/496,033 is a continuation of application No. 16/410,646, filed on May 13, 2019, granted, now 11,170,218.
Prior Publication US 2022/0100998 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/162 (2022.01) [G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06V 10/751 (2022.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/13 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a mobile agricultural machine, the method comprising:
receiving an image of spectral response at an area of a field corresponding to a path of the mobile agricultural machine that traverses the field to perform an agricultural operation;
generating an image distance metric based on a distance between the spectral response and a base spectral response model corresponding to the field;
comparing the image distance metric to a distance threshold;
identifying a characteristic based on the comparing the image distance metric to the distance threshold; and
controlling, based on the characteristic, a controllable subsystem of the mobile agricultural machine during the agricultural operation,
wherein the mobile agricultural machine includes ground-engaging elements, and the characteristic comprises a field condition of the area of the field,
wherein the field condition comprises a soil condition.