Dynamic agricultural weed removal system
AssigneeSeedSpider Ltd
InventorDonald Sandbrook
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Abstract
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row that can include operating a weed removing implement tool on an optimized travel path for the implement tool, wherein the implement tool traverses the travel path at least partially around one or more crop plants planted in a row. The method can further include adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the implement tool based on at least one variable. In addition, the step of adjusting the trajectory of the travel path for the implement tool may be further based on detecting the at least one variable in the travel path. Also, the detected variable may be based on least one or more sensors or cameras secured to a host vehicle. Further, the travel path may include an oscillating type pattern having a crest and a trough.
Claims15
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- operating a weed removing tool that is rotatably coupled to a vehicle based on a travel path for the weed removing tool that includes a singular, continuous oscillating crest and trough pattern, wherein a forward motion of the vehicle and the travel path causes the weed removing tool to execute the singular, continuous oscillating crest and trough pattern by continuously moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant;
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- adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing tool based on at least one variable.
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- determining a travel path for a weed removing implement tool with respect to a plurality of crop plants planted along a central axis of a row, wherein the travel path includes a singular, continuous oscillating crest and trough pattern and is based on least one of a crop plant size or a distance between the plurality of crop plants planted in the row;
- operating the weed removing implement tool based on the travel path for the weed removing implement tool, wherein a forward motion of the weed removing implement tool and the travel path causes the weed removing implement tool to execute the singular, continuous oscillating crest and trough pattern by continuously moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant;
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- adjusting, automatically, a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing implement tool based on one or more variables.
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- determining a travel path for a weed removing tool with respect to a plurality of crop plants planted along a central axis of a row including a first crop plant immediately preceding a second crop plant, wherein the travel path is based on at least one of a crop plant size or a distance between the plurality of crop plants planted in the row;
- operating the weed removing tool based on the travel path for the weed removing tool, wherein a forward motion of the weed removing implement tool and the travel path causes the weed removing implement tool to execute the singular, continuous oscillating crest and trough pattern by continuously moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant;
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- adjusting, automatically, a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing tool based on two or more variables comprised of:
- crop plant type, crop plant size, distance between crop plants planted in the row, soil conditions, environmental conditions, weed type, weed size or weed location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.