John McNichols,Atif Khan,Sourindu Chatterjee,Mark Ehrhardt,Christopher Goodman
申请号：
US16811268
公开号：
US20200281110A1
申请日:
2020.03.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2020
代理人:
摘要：
In an embodiment, agricultural apparatus operable in agricultural fields comprises one or more digital electronic weather stations affixed to the apparatus and optionally one or more GPS receivers and/or proximity sensors, each coupled to a mobile computing device such as a cab computer. The weather stations transmit data representing wind speed, temperature and/or other weather parameters, as measured on the apparatus, to the mobile computing device. Under control of program logic, the mobile computing device continuously compares real-time, then-current weather data received from the weather stations to programmed or configured threshold values relating to a current agricultural operation. If the weather data indicates weather conditions that exceed one of the thresholds, a warning message may be generated at the mobile computing device to prompt the operator to confirm whether to continue the operation. Post-operation wind maps support assessment of the effectiveness of the operation. Other embodiments can provide continuous monitoring of spray effectiveness, automated creation of field buffer zones to prevent application of products under conditions that will adversely affect adjacent crops or fields, automated generation of regulatory reports and automatic drift management.
