US 12,464,970 B2
Work vehicle guidance and/or automation with respect to identified regions of interest in a work area
David A. Johnson, Durham, NC (US); Matthew D. Hansen, Urbandale, IA (US); Ajit K. Thankappan Pillai, West Des Moines, IA (US); and Michael A. Torzewski, Waukee, IA (US)
Assigned to Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed by Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/361,343.
Prior Publication US 2025/0031602 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01B 69/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically conforming guidance of work vehicles to detected conditions in a work area, the method comprising:
determining a deviation of a current position of a work vehicle along a current movement path of the work vehicle from a predicted position of the work vehicle along a first planned movement path of the work vehicle with respect to the work area;
identifying at least a portion of the work area as a region of interest, and one or more coverage characteristics associated with the region of interest, based at least in part on the determined deviation;
generating a second planned movement path for the work vehicle and/or a second work vehicle subsequently traversing the work area relative to the region of interest, wherein the generated second planned movement path accounts for the one or more coverage characteristics associated with the region of interest; and
generating a vehicle controller output signal based on the generated second planned movement path for the work vehicle and/or the second work vehicle subsequently traversing the work area, autonomously maneuvering the work vehicle and/or the second work vehicle along the second planned movement path.