US 12,127,551 B2
System and method for spray monitoring
Scott Allen Long, Plainfield, IL (US); and Nathan Brooks, Manitowoc, WI (US)
Assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed by CNH Industrial America LLC, New Holland, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/809,263.
Prior Publication US 2021/0274772 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A01M 7/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/00 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01); B05B 1/20 (2006.01); B05B 12/08 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G01S 15/88 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01)
CPC A01M 7/0089 (2013.01) [A01C 23/007 (2013.01); A01C 23/047 (2013.01); A01M 7/0042 (2013.01); B05B 1/20 (2013.01); B05B 12/08 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 15/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An agricultural applicator system comprising:
a boom assembly operably supported by a chassis;
one or more nozzles positioned along the boom assembly and configured to selectively dispense an agricultural product therefrom;
a sensor operably coupled with the boom assembly and configured to capture data associated with one or more application variables; and
a controller commutatively coupled to the sensor, the controller including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the controller to:
receive, from the sensor, the data associated with the one or more application variables, the data provided from at least a steering system coupled with the chassis;
analyze the data associated with the one or more application variables to determine whether any of the one or more application variables are outside of a predefined range defined by a lower and upper threshold;
display, with a user input device, a representation of the one or more application variables relative to the predefined range;
provide a notification when the data associated with the one or more application variables are outside of the predefined range;
generate a map of a field associated with the agricultural product applied illustrating one or more regions when the data associated with the one or more application variables are outside of the predefined range, wherein the one or more regions includes a first region in which a first variable of the one or more application variables deviates from a first variable predefined range, the deviation of the first variable from the first variable predefined range associated with a first priority level and a second region in which a second variable of the one or more application variables deviates from a second variable predefined range, the deviation of the second variable from the second variable predefined range associated with a second priority level, the first variable of the one or more application variables having a lesser effect on a spray quality index than the second variable of the one or more application variables; and
provide a warning when the boom assembly approaches a location of the first region or the second region.