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US 10,368,496 B2Granted
Systems and methods for pruning plants
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsAlistair K. Chan, Roderick A. Hyde, Tony S. Pan, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
An unmanned pruning vehicle includes a pruning device configured to prune plant material from a plant. The unmanned pruning vehicle also includes a processing circuit is configured to control operation of the pruning device to prune a plant.
Claims30
An unmanned pruning vehicle, comprising:
- a pruning device configured to prune plant material from a plant;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control operation of the pruning device based on pruning data regarding a growing envelope for the plant, the growing envelope based on a growth model for the plant, wherein the plant is identified for pruning based on a portion of the plant material extending beyond the growing envelope, the processing circuit configured to control operation of the pruning device to prune the plant such that the plant is estimated at a predetermined point in time in the future to have a size such that the plant does not extend outside of the growing envelope.
A system for pruning plants, comprising:
- an unmanned pruning vehicle configured to prune plant material from a plant;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle based on pruning data regarding a growing envelope for the plant, the growing envelope based on a growth model for the plant, wherein the plant is identified for pruning based on a portion of the plant material extending beyond the growing envelope, the processing circuit configured to control operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle to prune the plant such that the plant is estimated at a predetermined point in time in the future to have a size such that the plant does not extend outside of the growing envelope.
A system for pruning plants, comprising:
- an unmanned pruning vehicle configured to prune a plant;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle to selectively prune each of a plurality of branches of the plant based on plant data regarding the plurality of branches of the plant, the plant data including a growing envelope for at least one branch of the plurality of branches, wherein controlling operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle includes pruning the at least one branch such that the at least one branch is estimated at a predetermined point in time in the future to have a size such that the at least one branch does not extend outside of the growing envelope.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.