Patent ID: 11927667
Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A method for determining subsurface soil layer characteristics during the performance of an agricultural operation, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, RADAR data indicative of at least one of a presence of a compaction layer within the field, a location of the compaction layer within the field, or a seedbed depth within the field on which the agricultural operation is being performed;
receiving, with the one or more computing devices, first input associated with a soil moisture content of the field;
determining, with the one or more computing devices, a soil moisture content value of the field based on the received first input;
receiving, with the one or more computing devices, a second input associated with a soil oxygen content of the field;
determining, with the one or more computing devices, a soil oxygen content value of the field based on the received second input;
determining, with the one or more computing devices, a correction factor for the RADAR data based on the determined soil moisture content value and the determined soil oxygen content value;
adjusting, with the one or more computing devices, the received RADAR data based on the determined correction factor to calibrate the RADAR data; and
determining, with the one or more computing devices, the at least one of the presence of the compaction layer within the field, the location of the compaction layer within the field, or the seedbed depth within the field based on the calibrated RADAR data.