Patent ID: 8296052
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a swath pattern for a work vehicle over a region having an outer perimeter defined by at least four boundaries of a field, the work vehicle having an implement connected thereto, the work vehicle including a computer having a control system capable of sending and receiving data, the outer perimeter of the region of the field stored in the computer of the control system, the method comprising the steps of: calculating via a computer processor a number of swaths for the swath pattern as a function of generating the swath pattern including side by side individual swaths, each of the swaths having a centerline extending between the first and second end boundaries thereof, the centerlines of the side by side swaths diverging from the first end boundary towards the second end boundary substantially uniformly across the region from the first side boundary to the second side boundary wherein the swath width of the at least one swath positioned longitudinally near one of the first side boundary and the second side boundary is generated without causing re-planting of a portion of an overlapped adjacent swath by disabling the individual output controllable rows which overlap an area of the adjacent swath which has already been planted.