Predictive environmental characteristic map generation and control system

• Main Authors: Palla, Bhanu Kiran Reddy, Anderson, Noel W, Vandike, Nathan R
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.08.2024
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; FISHING; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; TRAPPING; WATERING

An information map is obtained by an agricultural system. The information map maps values of a topographic characteristic to different geographic locations in a field. An in-situ sensor detects values of an environmental characteristic as an agricultural work machine moves through the field. A predictive map generator generates a predictive map that predicts the environmental characteristic at different locations in the field based on a relationship between the values of the topographic characteristic and the values of the environmental characteristic detected by the in-situ sensor. The predictive map can be output and used in automated machine control.