Patent ID: 11864484
Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL CANADA, LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A method for determining soil clod size of a field, the method comprising:
receiving, with the one or more computing devices, non-contact-based sensor data reflected off of a soil surface, as an agricultural implement is moved across the field to perform a non-soil-working operation on the field;
determining, with one or more computing devices, the soil clod size of the field based on the received non-contact-based sensor data reflected off of the soil surface; and
generating, with the one or more computing devices, a field map based on the determined soil clod size;
wherein the non-soil-working operation comprises a spraying operation or a baling operation; and
wherein the non-soil-working operation is configured to be performed after a harvesting operation and before a tillage operation.