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

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining soil clod size within a field, the method comprising:
receiving, with a computing system, an image depicting an imaged portion of the field;
identifying, with the computing system, a soil clod present within the imaged portion of the field;
determining, with the computing system, a maximum height of the identified soil clod above a soil surface of the field;
determining, with the computing system, a maximum length of the identified soil clod;
determining, with the computing system, 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
determining, with the computing system, a size of the identified soil clod based on the determined radius,
wherein determining the radius of the sphere comprises determining, with the computing system, a volume of the first portion of sphere based on the determined maximum height and the determined maximum length.