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Remote adjustment of a row unit of an agricultural device

  • US 9,674,999 B2
  • Filed: 11/06/2014
  • Issued: 06/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control and monitoring system for an agricultural planter having a plurality of row units, comprising:

  • an actuator coupled to each row unit and adapted to adjust a depth of a furrow;

    a sensor adapted to sense a characteristic associated with planting seeds and generate a signal associated with the sensed characteristic; and

    a processing unit in communication with the sensor and the actuator, and wherein the processing unit is adapted to receive the signal associated with the sensed characteristic and communicate with the actuator to adjust the depth of the furrow based on the signal;

    said sensor being at least partially a solid state sensor.

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