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

Claim 0:
1. A method for determining residue coverage within a field, the method comprising:
receiving, with one or more computing devices, yield data associated with an estimated crop yield across a field, the yield data being generated by a 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;
generating, with the one or more computing devices, an estimated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the yield data;
receiving, with the one or more computing devices, residue data associated with 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 data being generated by a residue sensor having a field of view directed towards the surface of the field after the performance of the harvesting operation; and
generating, with the one or more computing devices, an updated residue coverage map for the field based at least in part on the estimated residue coverage map and the residue data.