US 11,997,940 B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for crop input variety selection
Justin Vollmer, Morton, IL (US); and Luke Stuber, Tremont, IL (US)
Assigned to Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/298,476
Filed by Precision Planting LLC, Tremont, IL (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/058458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/109881, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/772,170, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022364 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/04 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/044 (2013.01) [A01C 7/102 (2013.01); A01C 15/006 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of minimizing or eliminating seeds in a seed pool when crossing a boundary during planting comprising:
adding seeds to the seed pool from a first compartment;
obtaining one or more of seed size of the seeds, an average number of seeds in the seed pool, a maximum number of seeds in the seed pool, and a distance traveled per dump of seeds into the seed pool;
determining whether a distance to the boundary is greater than a distance to dispense all seeds from the seed pool and less than a distance to dispense all seeds from a full dump of seeds into the seed pool;
activating an actuator to partially open a passageway between the first compartment and the seed pool in which the partially open passageway is directly proportional to seed size to create a partial dump; and
activating the actuator to close the passageway after the partial dump.