Patent ID: 11917954
Assignee: LINDSAY CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A wheel track monitoring system for an agricultural mobile irrigation system, the wheel track monitoring system comprising:
a wheel track condition sensor comprising a RADAR sensor for sensing a condition of a wheel track created by the agricultural mobile irrigation system and generating corresponding wheel track condition RADAR data, wherein the condition of the wheel track is formed behind the agricultural mobile irrigation system;
a location sensor for sensing locations of the agricultural mobile irrigation system and generating corresponding location data;
a processing system in communication with the wheel track condition sensor and the location sensor and operable to—
store the wheel track condition RADAR data and the location data for a plurality of locations of the agricultural mobile irrigation system as it moves across an irrigated field;
analyze the wheel track condition RADAR data to determine if the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable at any locations of the agricultural mobile irrigation system as it moves across an irrigated field;
generate a corrective action signal if the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable at any locations of the agricultural mobile irrigation system, wherein the corrective action signal indicates the locations at which the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable and includes at least a portion of the wheel track condition RADAR data for each of the locations at which the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable, wherein the corrective action includes instructions to adjust a water application rate of the agricultural mobile irrigation system.