System for Monitoring Stability of Operation of Autonomous Robots

    公开(公告)号:US20220300006A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17284506

    申请日:2020-08-19

    IPC分类号: G05D1/02 G05D1/00

    摘要: System for monitoring stability of an autonomous robot, including a GNSS navigation receiver including an antenna, an analog front end, a plurality of channels, an inertial measurement unit (IMU) and a processor, all generating navigation and orientation data for the robot; based on the navigation and the orientation data, calculating a position and a direction of movement for the robot; calculating spatial and orientation coordinates z1, z2 of the robot, which relate to the position and the direction of movement; continuing with a programmed path for the robot for any spatial and orientation coordinates z1, z2 within an attraction domain, such that a measure V(z) of distance from zero in a z1, z2 plane are defined by Lurie-Postnikov functions and is less than 1; and for any spatial and orientation coordinates outside the attraction domain with V(z)>1, terminating the programmed path and generating a notification.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND MAPPING CROP HEIGHT

    公开(公告)号:US20220117158A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17071997

    申请日:2020-10-15

    发明人: Marko LAMPRECHT

    摘要: A method for mapping a height of a crop in a field divided into a plurality of areas includes determining a height of a cutting bar of an agricultural machine and receiving data from a crop height sensor. The height of crops sensed by the crop height sensor is determined based on the height of the cutting bar and data from the crop height sensor. The crop height is then associated with one of a plurality of areas of the field based on a location of the crop height sensor. In one embodiment, the height of a reel of the agricultural machine is also used in determining the height of crops. The crop height data is used to generate a field map that is used to generate a field treatment plan.

    LASER MEASURING SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210124026A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-29

    申请号:US16665118

    申请日:2019-10-28

    IPC分类号: G01S7/486 G01S17/10

    摘要: A laser measuring system comprising a laser transmitter and a laser receiver is provided. The laser transmitter includes one or more laser sources for projecting an initial laser pulse and a reflective surface. The laser receiver includes a first reflective surface for reflecting the initial laser pulse to provide a first reflected laser pulse, and a second reflective surface for reflecting the initial laser pulse to provide a second reflected laser pulse. The laser receiver further includes a photo detection unit for receiving 1) a first double reflected laser pulse produced by the first reflected laser pulse reflecting off the reflective surface of the laser transmitter, and 2) a second double reflected laser pulse produced by the second reflected laser pulse reflecting off the reflective surface of the laser transmitter. The laser receiver determines an orientation angle associated with the laser receiver based on the first and second double reflected laser pulse.

    System and method for quantifying soil roughness

    公开(公告)号:US10986765B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16108241

    申请日:2018-08-22

    摘要: Systems and methods are provided for determining a soil roughness measure. A transducer transmits an ultrasonic signal towards a soil surface and receives a first echo signal of the ultrasonic signal and a second echo signal of the ultrasonic signal. A first distance between the transducer and a first point on the soil surface is calculated based on the first echo signal of the ultrasonic signal. A second distance between the transducer and a second point on the soil surface is calculated based on the second echo signal of the ultrasonic signal. A soil roughness measure of the soil surface is determined based on a difference between the first distance and the second distance.

    ENHANCEMENT OF COMBINE HARVESTER YIELD DATA THROUGH AUGMENTATION WITH SPATIAL GRAIN CART DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20210051849A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US16999009

    申请日:2020-08-20

    IPC分类号: A01D41/127 A01D41/12

    摘要: In one embodiment, a method for processing harvest yield data includes the steps of receiving load data from a grain cart and receiving harvest yield data from a combine harvester. The load data and harvest yield data are post-processed to generate enhanced harvest yield data. The combine harvester and the grain cart can operate in an on-the-go unloading harvest operation or a stationary unloading harvest operation. Post-processing can include creating a field boundary for a harvest area, determining a start time and start position for the combine harvester within the field boundary, and determining an end time and end position for the combine harvester within the field boundary. The total grain yield weight estimated by a yield monitor can be calibrated to match the grain cart total scale weight.

    Compact antenna having three-dimensional multi-segment structure

    公开(公告)号:US10931031B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-23

    申请号:US16607147

    申请日:2018-11-16

    摘要: A GNSS compact antenna comprising a conducting ground plane and a driven element for exciting right hand circularly polarized waves having a multi-segment structure such that the area around the driven element is divided into elementary cells with conductors and circuit elements arranged therein. The antenna includes a set of circuit elements connecting the neighboring elementary cells and the driven element. Each elementary cell has a horizontal conductor over the ground plane, and each elementary cell can have a vertical conductor and a circuit element connecting the horizontal and vertical conductors. The horizontal conductor comprises a set of characteristic points to which circuit elements, connecting neighboring elementary cells or any elementary cell and the driven element, are connected. Both the impedance of each circuit elements and the design of each elementary cell can be different, but the antenna has four-fold rotational symmetry relative to the vertical axis.