US 12,433,182 B2
Farming support system, position information generation method, computer program, and processing device
Hirokazu Sasamoto, Sakai (JP); and Yasuhiro Nishida, Sakai (JP)
Assigned to KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by KUBOTA CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,634.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-215365 (JP), filed on Dec. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0201921 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01D 34/00 (2006.01); A01D 89/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01)
CPC A01B 69/004 (2013.01) [A01D 34/008 (2013.01); A01D 89/001 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A farming support system comprising:
a first position detector provided in one of a work vehicle and a rake implement attachable to the work vehicle; and
a processor configured or programmed to obtain, based on rake implement information about the rake implement, a first positional relationship between a reference point to be positioned by the first position detector and a swath to be formed by the rake implement, in a local coordinate system that is defined for the work vehicle and the rake implement which is attached to the work vehicle; wherein
the processor is configured or programmed to generate swath position information indicating positions of a plurality of swaths in a geographic coordinate system, based on information indicating a position of the reference point in the geographic coordinate system detected by the first position detector during a work of forming the plurality of swaths, and the first positional relationship;
the processor is configured or programmed to associate coordinates indicated by the generated swath position information with map information of a field to generate a map of the field that includes the positions of the formed plurality of swaths based on the generated swath position information;
the processor is configured or programmed to control a display to display the map;
the map displayed on the display indicates the positions of the plurality of swaths generated based on the generated swath position information;
in response to one of the plurality of swaths being selected, identification information of the one of the plurality of swaths that is selected is displayed on the display in a window alongside the map; and
the identification information includes one or more of a specie, a moisture content, or a growth state of grass of the one of the plurality of swaths that is selected.