US 12,484,467 B2
Shared planter data
Matthew Moeller, Williamsburg, IA (US); Matthew Baker, Williamsburg, IA (US); Michael Ehler, Williamsburg, IA (US); Ryan McMahan, Williamsburg, IA (US); Jason Schoon, Williamsburg, IA (US); and Tony Steidler-Dennison, Williamsburg, IA (US)
Assigned to Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed by Kinze Manufacturing, Inc., Williamsburg, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/302,344.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/019,032, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,833, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,285, filed on May 1, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/704,284, filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337717 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/47 (2010.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/87 (2024.01); G06F 3/06 (2006.01); G06F 16/16 (2019.01); G06F 16/174 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); A01B 79/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01B 79/005 (2013.01) [A01C 21/005 (2013.01); G01S 19/47 (2013.01); G05D 1/0077 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0231 (2013.01); G05D 1/027 (2013.01); G05D 1/0278 (2013.01); G05D 1/0287 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G05D 1/24 (2024.01); G05D 1/247 (2024.01); G05D 1/248 (2024.01); G05D 1/249 (2024.01); G05D 1/648 (2024.01); G05D 1/692 (2024.01); G05D 1/87 (2024.01); G06F 3/0641 (2013.01); G06F 3/0643 (2013.01); G06F 16/168 (2019.01); G06F 16/1744 (2019.01); G06F 16/1748 (2019.01); G06F 16/176 (2019.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); A01B 79/02 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computerized method of sharing agricultural data among agricultural implements in a field comprising:
receiving, at a first agricultural implement, parsed files transmitted from a second agricultural implement, said parsed files each having groupings including at least:
(a) a priority;
(b) an aspect relating to an agricultural task; and
(c) a geographic location;
communicating agricultural data during operation of the first agricultural implement;
storing the agricultural data in agricultural applied files, said agricultural applied files being at least eight times larger in size than the parsed files;
simultaneously displaying at least some information contained within the groupings and at least a portion of the agricultural data; and
retaining the parsed files and agricultural applied files as separate files while retaining an ability to selectively upload and download the agricultural applied files and the smaller files, wherein the selectively upload and download the applied files and smaller files is based upon a type of the agricultural data contained therein;
selectively and responsively toggling transmission of at least some of the applied files and smaller files based on field or network conditions by:
(a) transmitting the applied files to the second agricultural implement during periods when the bandwidth is at or above the selected minimum threshold;
(b) selectively communicating the smaller files among the agricultural implements through a means other than said connection to the network when the connection to the network is lost in at least one of the agricultural implements; and
(c) transmitting the smaller files to the second agricultural implement during periods when the bandwidth is below the selected minimum threshold,
wherein the first agricultural implement instructs the second agricultural implement (1) to travel along a selected path within the field using the geographic location and (2) to perform the agricultural task on a crop or a soil located within the field.