Patent ID: 11937527
Assignee: CNH INDUSTRIAL AMERICA LLC
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G  B | IPC A  B  G

Claim 9:
10. A system for determining residue coverage within a field, the system comprising:
a yield sensor that generates yield data indicative of an estimated crop yield for a field, the yield sensor having a field of view directed upstream of where crop residue is expelled from a harvester during a performance of a harvesting operation by the harvester;
a residue sensor that generates residue data indicative of at least one of a thickness or a distribution of residue coverage across a surface of the field following the performance of the harvesting operation within the field, the residue sensor having a field of view directed towards the surface of the field following the performance of the harvesting operation; and
one or more computing devices configured to:
receive the yield data from the yield sensor;
generate an estimated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the yield data;
receive the residue data from the residue sensor; and

generate an updated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the estimated residue coverage map and the residue data.