Collecting data to generate an agricultural prescription
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1. A drive unit comprising:
- a first interface operable to establish a first communication path with farm equipment;
a second interface operable to establish a second communication path with a portable computing device;
memory; and
a processing module operably coupled to the first interface, the second interface, and the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to;
receive, via the first interface, data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data;
determine a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters;
filter the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data;
determine, using any one of a received instruction, a value of a portion of the filtered agricultural data, an ability level of the drive unit to execute a modified agricultural prescription versus an existing agricultural prescription, or a level of a number of further farm equipment required to execute the existing agricultural prescription, that the filtered agricultural data is to be processed by the drive unit for modifying an existing agricultural prescription, and in response, to modify the existing agricultural prescription in accordance with the filtered agricultural data to produce a modified agricultural prescription;
extract, from the modified agricultural prescription, control information and to output the control information via the first interface to an actuator set of the farm equipment resulting in performing an action using the farm equipment in accordance with the modified agricultural prescription.
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Abstract
A method begins by a drive unit affiliated with farm equipment receiving data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters and filtering the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data. The method continues with the drive unit determining processing of the filtered agricultural data and executing the processing of the filtered agricultural data.
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1. A drive unit comprising:
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a first interface operable to establish a first communication path with farm equipment; a second interface operable to establish a second communication path with a portable computing device; memory; and a processing module operably coupled to the first interface, the second interface, and the memory, wherein the processing module is operable to; receive, via the first interface, data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data; determine a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters; filter the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data; determine, using any one of a received instruction, a value of a portion of the filtered agricultural data, an ability level of the drive unit to execute a modified agricultural prescription versus an existing agricultural prescription, or a level of a number of further farm equipment required to execute the existing agricultural prescription, that the filtered agricultural data is to be processed by the drive unit for modifying an existing agricultural prescription, and in response, to modify the existing agricultural prescription in accordance with the filtered agricultural data to produce a modified agricultural prescription; extract, from the modified agricultural prescription, control information and to output the control information via the first interface to an actuator set of the farm equipment resulting in performing an action using the farm equipment in accordance with the modified agricultural prescription. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises:
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at least one memory section that stores operational instructions that, when executed by one or more processing modules of a drive unit affiliated with farm equipment of a computing system, causes the drive unit to; receive, via a first interface of the drive unit, data from the farm equipment to produce agricultural data; determine a filtering constraint based on one or more parameters selected from a plurality of lists of agricultural parameters; filter the agricultural data based on the filtering constraint to produce filtered agricultural data; determine, using any one of a received instruction, a value of a portion of the filtered agricultural data, an ability level of the drive unit to execute a modified agricultural prescription versus an existing agricultural prescription, or a level of a number of further farm equipment required to execute the existing agricultural prescription, that the filtered agricultural data is to be processed by the drive unit for modifying an existing agricultural prescription, and in response, to modify the existing agricultural prescription in accordance with the filtered agricultural data to produce a modified agricultural prescription; extract, from the modified agricultural prescription, control information and to output the control information via the first interface to an actuator set of the farm equipment resulting in performing an action using the farm equipment in accordance with the modified agricultural prescription. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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