Description
Distance offset for explicit monitor delays and signed clock correction.
Precision-agriculture measurements combine spatial cells, sensor clocks, travel speeds, band signals, and application records. A correction or weighted share is meaningful only when coordinate frames, units, timestamps, and coverage bases agree. Supplied calibration and support flags remain distinct from measurements that establish them.
Distance offset for explicit monitor delays and signed clock correction.
When to use this tool
Use Yield Monitor Flowlag Distance Term when you have the stated field, sensor, map, or application records and need this correction or geometric/accounting component.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter speed, sensorLag, processingLag, timestampOffset. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read distanceOffset. Use the output convention below.
Require nonnegative sensorLag and processingLag; return distanceOffset=speed*(sensorLag+processingLag+timestampOffset).1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| speed | Speed | Required. Finite number. |
| sensorLag | Sensor Lag | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| processingLag | Processing Lag | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| timestampOffset | Signed additional time offset in the same unit as the two lags. | Required. Finite number. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| distanceOffset | Distance Offset | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"speed": 2,
"sensorLag": 3,
"processingLag": 0.5,
"timestampOffset": -0.5
},
"output": {
"distanceOffset": 6
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Use one time unit for all lags and speed in distance per that unit. Speed and timestampOffset can be signed, so a negative offset is allowed; no field trajectory is reconstructed.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Signed zero is exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Verify the measurement calibration, coordinate frame, spatial support, and clock convention before combining this term into a map or control workflow. Use a complete equipment or field model when geometric and operating constraints matter.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Tractor Lookahead Distance Time Factor
For nonnegative delay return lookaheadDistance=speed*delay+acceleration*delay^2/2.
- Yield Flow Clock Gap
Return clockGap=massFlowAt-positionAt, correctedGap=clockGap-suppliedTransportLag, and sampleGap=correctedGap/samplePeriod.