Patent ID: 8738243

Claim:
A monitor system for an agricultural seed planter having a plurality of row units, each of the plurality of row units having a depth regulation member and 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 disposed with respect to the seed path to generate seed signals as the seeds pass; a vertical motion sensor capable of detecting vertical motion and generating signals in response to said detected vertical motion associated with at least one of the row units as the planter moves through the field; a visual display; and processing circuitry operably electrically coupled to said visual display, to said vertical motion sensor and to said seed sensor, said processing circuitry configured to monitor and display information pertaining to operation of the planter (“Seed Planting Information”), said processing circuitry responsive to said generated signals and further configured to monitor and display ride information based on said generated signals.