Earth working – Automatic power control – Obstruction sensing type
Patent
1998-10-28
2000-07-04
Batson, Victor
Earth working
Automatic power control
Obstruction sensing type
172 6, 342 22, 180168, A01B 6300
Patent
active
060824662
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method is shown for determining the position of a rowcrop in a field being traversed by a mobile machine. The apparatus and method includes a ground penetrating radar (GPR) assembly located on the mobile machine, a processor for receiving a GPR receive signal from the GPR assembly and determining the position of the rowcrop, and a work implement attached to the mobile machine and adapted to move in a direction transverse the longitudinal direction of the mobile machine in response to the location of the rowcrop.
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Batson Victor
Caterpillar Inc.
Lundquist Steve D.
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