Patent ID: 11877527
Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 12:
13. A method for controlling the operation of an agricultural implement, the agricultural implement including a ground-engaging tool configured to engage soil within a field as the agricultural implement is moved across the field, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, image data associated with an airborne field material cloud formed of field materials that have been lifted into the air by the ground-engaging tool as the agricultural implement is moved across the field;
identifying, with the one or more computing devices, a plurality of field material units within the airborne field material cloud based on the received image data;
determining, with the one or more computing devices, a characteristic of the identified plurality of field material units within the airborne field material cloud; and
controlling, with the one or more computing devices, an operation of the agricultural implement based on the determined characteristic.