Patent ID: 9046895
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A01B,A01C,A01M,E02F,E21F,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering fluid to a site using a mobile fluid delivery machine, comprising: determining a location of the mobile fluid delivery machine on the site; determining, via a flow controller, a fluid delivery rate based on the location of the mobile fluid delivery machine using information related to the site; delivering, via a fluid delivery system, the fluid to a surface of the site at the location of the mobile fluid delivery machine, at the determined fluid delivery rate; wherein the method further includes: determining, via the flow controller, whether the mobile fluid delivery machine is within an exclusion zone on the site, and when it is determined that the mobile fluid delivery machine is within the exclusion zone, further determining, via the flow controller, whether the exclusion zone is due to an object on the site or to terrain or a surface feature of the site; and when it is determined that the mobile fluid delivery machine is due to terrain or the surface feature of the site, modifying, via the flow controller, the fluid delivery rate by a predetermined amount; and when it is determined that the exclusion zone is due to the object on the site: