US 12,114,590 B2
Agricultural devices, systems, and methods for determining soil and seed characteristics and analyzing the same
Laura B. Blomme, Williamsburg, IA (US); and Courtney N. Achen, Iowa City, IA (US)
Assigned to Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,701.
Application 17/452,701 is a continuation of application No. 16/291,901, filed on Mar. 4, 2019, granted, now 11,185,010.
Application 16/291,901 is a continuation of application No. 15/680,832, filed on Aug. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,219,430, issued on Mar. 5, 2019.
Application 15/680,832 is a continuation of application No. 14/566,790, filed on Dec. 11, 2014, granted, now 9,743,578, issued on Aug. 29, 2017.
Application 14/566,790 is a continuation of application No. 13/458,012, filed on Apr. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,935,986, issued on Jan. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/479,540, filed on Apr. 27, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/479,537, filed on Apr. 27, 2011.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/479,543, filed on Apr. 27, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0046850 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01B 49/06 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 5/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/10 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 21/005 (2013.01) [A01B 49/06 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 5/062 (2013.01); A01C 7/105 (2013.01); A01C 7/203 (2013.01); Y10S 111/90 (2013.01); Y10S 111/903 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
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1. A control and monitoring system for an agricultural planting system, the control and monitoring system, comprising:
a processing unit;
an electronic sensor in communication with the processing unit and adapted to sense one or more soil characteristics associated with seed planting, wherein the sensor generates a signal associated with the one or more sensed soil characteristics and the processing unit receives the signal; and
a user interface in communication with the processing unit, the user interface adapted to display information associated with the one or more sensed soil characteristics;
wherein the user interface is configurable to display one or more sensed soil characteristics within the furrow created by a furrow opener associated with one row unit of a plurality of row units, and wherein the one or more sensed soil characteristics comprises both a soil temperature and a soil moisture content.