US 12,029,151 B2
Planter quality manager
Robert D. Boaz, Grimes, IA (US); Kyle A. Shipley, Nodaway, IA (US); Greg T. Buse, Johnston, IA (US); Kurtis Krumm, Johnston, IA (US); Erich Wassilak, Des Moines, IA (US); Tyler J. Van Steenhuyse, Urbandale, IA (US); Benjamin R. Dow, Urbandale, IA (US); and Kevin Hixon, Pateros, WA (US)
Assigned to DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by DEERE & COMPANY, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/515,005.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/200,649, filed on Mar. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0295689 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)
CPC A01C 7/105 (2013.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 7/107 (2013.01); G06F 16/2282 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seed placement monitoring system, the system comprising:
an electronic controller configured to
receive a data stream from one or more sensors of a seed planting machine, wherein the data stream is indicative of seed placement in a field by each of a plurality of row units of the seed planting machine;
calculate, based at least in part on the data stream, an average seed placement metric for a defined calculation window for each of the plurality of row units;
display a user interface on a display screen, the user interface including a row data table with a plurality of line entries each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of row units, wherein each line entry includes an identification of a row unit corresponding to the line entry and the calculated average seed placement metric for the row unit;
compare the average seed placement metric for each of the plurality of row units to a performance threshold;
transmit an error alert signal based on the comparison;
receive, through the user interface, an adjusted calculation window; and
calculate updated average seed placement metrics for the adjusted calculation window; and
update the row data table and the error alert signal based on the updated calculation.