Invention Grant
- Patent Title: GNSS based control for dispensing material from vehicle
- Patent Title (中): 基于GNSS的控制,用于从车辆分配材料
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Application No.: US13217839Application Date: 2011-08-25
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Publication No.: US08634993B2Publication Date: 2014-01-21
- Inventor: John A. McClure , Aaron C. Stichter
- Applicant: John A. McClure , Aaron C. Stichter
- Applicant Address: US KS Hiawatha
- Assignee: AgJunction LLC
- Current Assignee: AgJunction LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US KS Hiawatha
- Agency: Law Office of Mark Brown, LLC
- Agent Mark E. Brown
- Main IPC: G06F19/00
- IPC: G06F19/00 ; B05B12/00

Abstract:
A spray control method employs a spray vehicle including a material tank, a pump communicating with the tank, and nozzles of a spray boom communicating with the pump. A GNSS receiver mounted on the vehicle and interfaced to a controller tracks its position in relation to stored position coordinates of field boundaries separating spray zones from spray exclusion zones. The tank is activated and deactivated by the controller to retain spray of the material within the spray zones and to prevent spray of the material in the exclusion zones, by processing an offset of the spray nozzles from the receiver, the spray range of the nozzles, spray turn-on and turn-off lag times, and the velocity of the spray vehicle, all in relation to the field boundaries. An alternative embodiment individually controls spray from the nozzles by using associated valves interfaced to the controller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120215410A1 GNSS BASED CONTROL FOR DISPENSING MATERIAL FROM VEHICLE Public/Granted day:2012-08-23
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