Patent ID: 11903378
Assignee: PRECISION PLANTING LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of graphically mapping liquid product applied to a field by an agricultural sprayer having a plurality of spray nozzles or a gang of the plurality of spray nozzles, the method comprising:
monitoring geographic locations of each of the plurality of spray nozzles or the gang of the plurality of spray nozzles as the agricultural sprayer traverses the field;
measuring the pressure at regular time intervals at each of the plurality of spay nozzles or the gang of the plurality of spray nozzles as the agricultural sprayer traverses the field;
deriving a droplet size of the liquid product sprayed by each of the plurality of spray nozzles or the gang of the plurality of spray nozzles based on said measured pressure and predefined nozzle characteristics of each of said plurality of spray nozzles or the gang of the plurality of spray nozzles;
generating an application map on an aerial image of the field, the application map including a droplet size map displaying said droplet sizes being sprayed by each of the plurality of spray nozzles or the gang of the plurality of spray nozzles as the agricultural sprayer traverses the field.