New patent application published for: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FLUID APPLICATION RATE BASED ON A FIELD AREA OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FLUID APPLICATION RATE BASED ON A FIELD AREA OF AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD

Claims

1. An implement comprising: a fluid tank to store a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid; a plurality of fluid dispensers disposed along the implement to apply a fluid application as the implement travels through an agricultural field; and a processing system including a processor that is configured to receive a field area of a field for a fluid application or to calculate the field area based on driving the implement around a perimeter of the agricultural field, to determine a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank based on filling of the fluid into the fluid tank of the implement or based on a tank sensor to measure a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank, to receive an input for a minimum fluid application rate and a maximum fluid application rate based on fluid label instructions, and to determine a first application rate for applying the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank to a fluid application area of the field based on the fluid application area and the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank in order to empty the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid from the fluid tank when completing the fluid application to the fluid application area.
2. The implement of claim 1, wherein the first application rate is selected to be applied during the fluid application when the first application rate falls within the minimum application rate and the maximum application rate.
3. The implement of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether a predetermined number of application passes for a route of the implement through the fluid application area has occurred.
4. The implement of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured, given a predetermined number of application passes for a route of the implement through the fluid application area has occurred, to determine a second application rate for applying a remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank to a region of the fluid application area that has not received the fluid application based on an area of this region and the remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank.
5. The implement of claim 1, wherein the fluid application area is less than the field area of the field.
6. A system comprising: memory to store fluid application data for a fluid tank of an implement and field data for one or more fields; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor is configured to receiving a field area of a field for a fluid application or to calculate the field area by driving the implement around a perimeter of the field, to determine a volume, a quantity, or an amount of fluid in the fluid tank of the implement based on filling of the fluid into the fluid tank of the implement or based on a tank sensor to measure a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank, to receive an input for a minimum fluid application rate and a maximum fluid application rate based on fluid label instructions, and to determine an application rate for applying the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank to a fluid application area of the field based on the minimum fluid application rate, the maximum fluid application rate, a fluid application area, and the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank in order to empty the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid from the fluid tank when completing the fluid application to the fluid application area.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the fluid application area is less than the field area of the field.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to determine a non-fluid application area for non-fluid application regions.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to subtract the non-fluid application area from the field area to determine the fluid application area within the field.
10. The system of claim 6, wherein the implement comprises a tractor or a sprayer.
11. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a field area of a field for a fluid application or calculating the field area by driving an implement around a perimeter of the field; determining a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in a fluid tank based on filling of the fluid into the fluid tank of the implement or based on a tank sensor to measure a volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank; receiving an input for a minimum fluid application rate and a maximum fluid application rate based on fluid label instructions; and determining a first application rate for applying the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank to a fluid application area of the field based on the fluid application area and the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid currently in the fluid tank in order to empty the volume, quantity, or amount of fluid from the fluid tank when completing the fluid application to the fluid application area.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the first application rate is selected to be applied during the fluid application when the first application rate falls within the minimum application rate and the maximum application rate.
13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: determining whether a predetermined number of application passes for a route of the implement through the fluid application area has occurred.
14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising: given a predetermined number of application passes occurring for a route of the implement through the fluid application area, determining a second application rate for applying a remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank to a region of the fluid application area that has not received a fluid application based on an area of this region and the remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank.
15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: determining whether a predetermined number of application passes remains for a route of the implement through the fluid application area.
16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising: given a predetermined number of application passes remaining for a route of the implement through the fluid application area, determining a third application rate for applying a remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank to a region of the fluid application area that has not received the fluid application based on an area of this region and the remaining volume, quantity, or amount of fluid in the fluid tank.
17. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the fluid application area is less than the field area of the field.
18. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising: determining a non-fluid application area for non-fluid application regions.
19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, further comprising: subtracting the non-fluid application area from the field area to determine the fluid application area within the field.
20. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the implement comprises a tractor or a sprayer.