Patent ID: 11930730
Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL CANADA, LTD.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 6:
7. A system for determining soil clod size within a field, the system comprising:
an imaging device configured to capture an image of a field; and
a computing system communicatively coupled to the imaging device, the computing system including a processor and associated memory, the memory storing instructions that, when implemented by the processor, configure the computing system to:
receive an image depicting an imaged portion of the field;
identify a soil clod present within the imaged portion of the field;
determine a maximum height of the identified soil clod above a soil surface of the field;
determine a maximum length of the identified soil clod;
determine a radius of a sphere based on the determined maximum height and the determined maximum length, the sphere including a first portion approximating a portion of the identified soil clod positioned above the soil surface and a second portion approximating a portion of the identified soil clod positioned below the soil surface; and
determine the size of the identified soil clod based on the determined radius,
wherein, when determining the radius of the sphere, the computing system is further configured to determine a volume of the first portion of sphere based on the determined maximum height and the determined maximum length.