Patent ID: 11937530
Assignee: KINZE MANUFACTURING, INC.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 16:
17. A system for location determination of an agricultural event performed by an agricultural machine, the system comprising:
the agricultural machine comprising:
a satellite-based radio navigation system used to acquire a location for enhancing and/or creating planting yield data or prescription maps, and/or for mitigating later compaction of a planted zone; and
a augmentation system comprising an inertial measurement unit located on the agricultural machine, said inertial measurement unit having a 9-axis inertial measurement unit sensor used for acquiring a specific measurement of a body's force, an angular rate, and/or an orientation of the body, wherein the GPS augmentation system can tether the second location information to the first location information from the GPS;
wherein the augmentation system further comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in communication with the agricultural machine, said UAV being a follow-on type drone that is stored on the agricultural machine until used to communicate its position to the agricultural machine to:
supplement the location determined by the satellite-based radio navigation system; or
be used in place of the satellite-based radio navigation system when acquisition of the location through the satellite-based radio navigation system is not available.