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An improved mobile agricultural products crop input application control system including a delay coordinating system particularly adaptable for use in site-specific (precision) farming, wherein selected discrete delay information unique to each on-board crop input storage release point, crop input t

An improved mobile agricultural products crop input application control system including a delay coordinating system particularly adaptable for use in site-specific (precision) farming, wherein selected discrete delay information unique to each on-board crop input storage release point, crop input transport system, and/or crop input dispensing point is combined with anticipated field reference point data obtained with a machine positioning system, e.g. "Dead Reckoning", GPS, and/or radar, and a computer, to direct independent functioning of selected on-board storage devices, material transport systems, crop input release point mechanisms and/or dispensing point mechanisms to ensure stored crop inputs are released for a timely combination to achieve a predetermined quantity and prescription of crop inputs delivered to the anticipated field reference point as the crop input applicator machine(s) travels over a predetermined geographic land area. The delay coordination system provides environmental advantages to all through enhanced resource management by more accurately and precisely placing crop inputs resulting in a significant improvement in the use of crop input resources.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A mobile agricultural products crop input application system comprising:a machine having a plurality of agricultural products crop dispensing points;an actuator operatively coupled to each dispensing point within a majority of said plurality of product dispensing points on said mach

[ I claim:] [1.] A mobile agricultural products crop input application system comprising:a machine having a plurality of agricultural products crop dispensing points;an actuator operatively coupled to each dispensing point within a majority of said plurality of product dispensing points on said machine;a machine positioning system operatively coupled to said machine for anticipating a field reference point and generating anticipated field reference point data as said machine traverses a field; anda delay compensation system in communication with said machine, said delay compensation system including:a data processor;a data input device in communication with said data processor;an algorithmic software directing said data processor; anda data storage unit, wherein discrete delay data associated with each distinct said dispensing point within said majority of dispensing points is stored and supplied to said data processor such that said data processor, directed by said algorithmic software, can automatically determine discrete time data for activating each said dispensing point actuator using said discrete delay data, said anticipated field reference point data, and algorithmically defined interrelationships between said discrete delay data and said anticipated field reference point data such that each said dispensing point actuator associated with said majority of dispensing points is activated at a unique relative discrete moment in time as said machine traverses said field.