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

Claim 0:
1. A wheel track monitoring system for an agricultural mobile irrigation system, the wheel track monitoring system comprising:
a wheel track condition sensor comprising a LIDAR sensor for sensing a condition of a wheel track created by the mobile irrigation system and generating corresponding wheel track condition LIDAR data, wherein the condition of the wheel track is formed behind the mobile irrigation system;
a processing system in communication with the wheel track condition sensor and operable to—
analyze the wheel track condition LIDAR data to determine if the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable;
generate a corrective action signal if the condition of the wheel track is unacceptable at any locations of the mobile irrigation system, the corrective action signal including instructions for adjusting a water application rate of the mobile irrigation system; and
transmit the corrective action signal to a control system that controls operation of the mobile irrigation system.