US 12,082,522 B2
Methods and apparatus for agriculture
Davidson Alexander Finlay, Orange (AU); Wendy Louise Finlay, Orange (AU); Paul Andrew Mullins, Orange (AU); and Gordon Stephen Howard, Orange (AU)
Assigned to Sensortine Pty Ltd, Orange (AU)
Appl. No. 17/299,983
Filed by Sensortine Pty Ltd, Orange (AU)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/AU2019/051340
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113284, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 11, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018904662 (AU), filed on Dec. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022365 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01B 63/111 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 7/203 (2013.01) [A01B 63/1115 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01); A01C 7/105 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for seeding soil, comprising
a soil-sensing arrangement comprising one or more soil-sensing elements that are integrated into one or more leading soil-engaging tines, the one or more soil-sensing elements being configured to sense one or more conditions of the soil at different depths and thereby adjust the one or more leading soil-engaging tines to one of the sensed different depths;
a seed-delivery mechanism, the seed-delivery mechanism being configured to respond on the fly to the soil-sensing arrangement to deliver at least most of the seed to said one of the sensed different depths, being a locally-optimised depth.