Systems and methods for detecting soil characteristics

A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground pe...

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Hauptverfasser:	Wood, Jr., Lowell L, Duncan, William David, Chan, Alistair K, Hyde, Roderick A
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE AIRCRAFT ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT AVIATION COSMONAUTICS CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT FERTILISING FISHING FLYING SUITS FORESTRY HORTICULTURE HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PARACHUTES PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PLANTING RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY SOWING TESTING TRANSPORTING TRAPPING WATERING
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Zusammenfassung:	A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground penetrating radar sensor coupled to the vehicle. The ground penetrating radar soil sensor is configured to scan the soil material up to a designated depth beneath a surface of the soil material, wherein the ground penetrating radar soil sensor is further configured to provide a sensor feedback signal to the controller with respect to an intrinsic characteristic of the soil material. The controller is configured to instruct placement of a seed or a plant into the soil material based on the feedback signal.