Dynamic spray buffer calculation
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1. A method, comprising:
- retrieving by a processing unit an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with dispensing a product onto a field while avoiding the buffer area;
receiving information from a weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected by the weather station in the field;
responsive to receiving the information from the weather station and subsequent to commencement of the dispensing of the product onto the field according to the application plan, adjusting the application plan by changing the coordinates to thereby reconfigure the buffer area; and
causing an agricultural machine to operate according to the adjusted application plan, including steering the machine to follow an adjusted path that is in compliance with the adjusted application plan, the adjusted path avoiding the reconfigured buffer area.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method that comprises retrieving by a processing unit an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with dispensing a product onto a field; receiving information from a weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected by the weather station in the field; responsive to receiving the information from the weather station, adjusting the application plan; and causing an agricultural machine to operate according to the adjusted application plan.
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1. A method, comprising:
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retrieving by a processing unit an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with dispensing a product onto a field while avoiding the buffer area; receiving information from a weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected by the weather station in the field; responsive to receiving the information from the weather station and subsequent to commencement of the dispensing of the product onto the field according to the application plan, adjusting the application plan by changing the coordinates to thereby reconfigure the buffer area; and causing an agricultural machine to operate according to the adjusted application plan, including steering the machine to follow an adjusted path that is in compliance with the adjusted application plan, the adjusted path avoiding the reconfigured buffer area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a memory comprising logic; and a processing unit configured by the logic to; retrieve an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with a field and a dispensing plan implemented by an agricultural machine for dispensing a product onto the field while avoiding the buffer area; receive information from a weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected in the field; responsive to receiving the information from the weather station and subsequent to commencement of the dispensing of the product onto the field according to the application plan, adjust the application plan by changing the coordinates to thereby reconfigure the buffer area; and actuate machine controls of the agricultural machine to operate according to the adjusted application plan, including steering the machine to follow an adjusted path that is in compliance with the adjusted application plan, the adjusted path avoiding the reconfigured buffer area. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A command and control system for a sprayer machine, the command and control system comprising:
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a weather station residing on the sprayer machine, the weather station comprising one or more sensors that detect climatic conditions in a field; machine controls, the machine controls including controls that affect the dispensing of product from a sprayer assembly of the sprayer machine; a positioning system, the positioning system configured to automatically navigate the sprayer machine through the field; and a computer system, the computer system comprising a processing unit and memory encoded with logic, the processing unit configured to execute the logic to; retrieve an application plan from memory, the application plan comprising coordinates for a buffer area associated with the field and a dispensing plan implemented by a sprayer machine for dispensing a product onto the field; receive information from the weather station, the information corresponding to substantially current climatic conditions detected in the field; responsive to receive the information from the weather station, adjust the coordinates of the buffer area in the application plan; communicating the adjusted coordinates to the positioning system to adjust the navigation of the sprayer machine in response to the adjusted coordinates, wherein adjusting the navigation of the sprayer machine includes steering the machine to follow an adjusted path that avoids the buffer area defined by the coordinates; and adjust the controls of the sprayer assembly based on adjusted coordinates of the buffer area.
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