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US 11,080,361 B2Granted
Integrated remote sensing tools for timely predictions of crop quality and yield
AssigneeRegents of the University of Minnesota
InventorsReagan Noland, Scott Wells, Craig Sheaffer
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Abstract
A method includes receiving outside temperatures for a plurality of days and calculating growing degree units based on the received temperatures. Intensities for a plurality of wavelengths of light measured over at least one portion of a field containing a crop are received and are used with the growing degree units to predict a quality value for the crop. The predicted quality value for the crop is then displayed.
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A method comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle interweaving capturing light intensity values of a portion of a field containing a crop and capturing images of the field;
- receiving outside temperatures for a plurality of days;
- determining growing degree units based on the received temperatures;
- determining a height for the crop using structure-from-motion and the captured images of the field;
- using the intensities in combination with the height and the growing degree units to predict a quality value for the crop;
- and
- displaying the predicted quality value for the crop.
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A system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicle interweaving capturing light intensity values of a portion of a field containing a crop and capturing images of the field;
- a computing device comprising:
- a memory containing instructions;
- and
- a processor executing the instructions in the memory to perform steps comprising:
- receiving a respective weather value for each of a plurality of days;
- receiving the intensity values for the plurality of wavebands of light detected over the field containing the crop;
- determining a height of the crop using structure from motion and the captured images of the field;
- and
- using the weather values in combination with the height and the intensity values to determine a predicted yield for the crop.
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A method comprising:
- using an unmanned aerial vehicle having at least one light sensor to interweave between collecting light intensity values for a plurality of wavelengths of light above a crop and capturing pictures of the crop;
- receiving weather values for a plurality of days;
- using the pictures of the crop to estimate a height of the crop;
- using the collected intensity values in combination with the estimated height of the crop and the weather values to predict a quality value for the crop displaying the quality value on an electronic display.
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