Plant and method for antiparasitic treatment of crops or spaces
AssigneeTeam Energy Technologies, S.r.L.
InventorsFlavio Frigo, Alessandro Longo, Patrizio Marcon
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Abstract
The invention relates to a plant (100) for antiparasitic treatment of crops or spaces comprising an emitter (10) of electromagnetic signals and an electronic control unit (40), to which the emitter (10) is operatively connected. The electronic control unit is configured to control the emitter so that it emits, in succession or simultaneously, a plurality of cycles of electromagnetic signals, said electromagnetic signals having a selectable frequency, cycle by cycle, based on the type of crop or space to be treated or the parasite to be defeated. The invention also relates to a method for antiparasitic treatment of crops or spaces conducted using the plant (100) as defined above.
Claims20
A system for antiparasitic treatment of crops or spaces, the system comprising:
- an emitter of electromagnetic signals, wherein a frequency of the electromagnetic signals emitted by the emitter is variable from 50 KHz to 25,000 KHz;
- and
- an electronic control unit operatively connected to, and configured to control, the emitter of electromagnetic signals,
- wherein the emitter of electromagnetic signals is configured to emit, in succession or simultaneously, responsive to commands from the electronic control unit, a plurality of cycles of electromagnetic signals having at least a selected frequency, cycle by cycle, corresponding to a type of crop to be treated, or a parasite to be defeated,
- wherein the electronic control unit is configured to retrieve operative parameters for commanding the emitter of electromagnetic signals based on selection of a respective one of a plurality of antiparasitic treatment programs, the operative parameters corresponding to the selected program comprising one or more of:
- a treatment start and end time;
- a frequency or frequencies of the electromagnetic signal to be emitted;
- a number of electromagnetic signals to be emitted;
- a duration of each electromagnetic signal;
- and a time interval between successive electromagnetic signals.
The claim of 1, wherein:
- the electronic control unit is controllable by a remote control device;
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- the remote control device is configured to enable selection by a user of the antiparasitic treatment program associated with the crop to be treated or the parasite to be defeated.
A method for antiparasitic treatment of crops, the method comprising:
- selecting, via an electronic control unit, one of a plurality of antiparasitic treatment programs based on a type of crop to be treated or a parasite to be defeated;
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- automatically retrieving operative parameters based on the selected one of the plurality of antiparasitic treatment programs, the operative parameters corresponding to the selected program comprising one or more of:
- a treatment start and end time;
- a frequency or frequencies of the electromagnetic signal to be emitted;
- a number of electromagnetic signals to be emitted;
- a duration of each electromagnetic signal;
- and a time interval between successive electromagnetic signals;
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- emitting by an emitter, responsive to commands from the electronic control unit, a plurality of cycles of electromagnetic signals, in succession or simultaneously, wherein the electromagnetic signals are generated with a frequency based on the selected antiparasitic treatment program, wherein the frequency of the electromagnetic signals emitted by the emitter is variable from 50 KHz to 25,000 KHz.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.