Patent ID: 9481294
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A01B,A01C,B60Q,G06Q,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A monitor system for an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, each of the plurality of row units having a seed meter adapted to discharge seeds in a seed path as the planter moves through a field, the monitor system comprising: a seed sensor associated with at least one of the row units and disposed with respect to the seed path to generate a discharged seed signal as each seed discharged by the seed meter passes said seed sensor; a visual display; and processing circuitry operably electrically coupled to said visual display and to said seed sensor, said processing circuitry configured to monitor and display information pertaining to operation of the planter (“Seed Planting Information”), wherein said Seed Planting Information indicates a planting consistency of a plurality of seeds, wherein said planting consistency is determined based on a variation in time intervals between said discharged seed signals.