Method for plantation treatment of a plantation field with a variable application rate
AssigneeBASF Agro Trademarks GmbH
InventorMatthias Tempel
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Abstract
A method for plantation treatment of a plantation field, the method comprising: determining (S10) an application rate decision logic (10) based on offline field data (Doff) relating to expected conditions on the plantation field (300); taking (S20) an image (20) of a plantation of a plantation field (300); recognizing (S30) objects (30) on the taken image (20); determining (S40) an application rate based on the determined application rate decision logic (10) and the recognized objects (30); and determining (S50) a control signal (S) for controlling a treatment arrangement (50) of a treatment device (200) based on the determined application rate.
Claims19
A method for plantation treatment of a plantation field, the method comprising:
- determining an application rate decision logic in the form of a configuration file comprising one or more layers, including (i) a rule for an on/off treatment decision;
- and (ii) a rule for determining an application rate of a treatment product based on parameters derived from object recognition, the application rate decision logic based on a combination of offline field data (Doff) relating to expected conditions on the plantation field and online field data (Don) collected during the plantation treatment of the plantation field;
- capturing at least one image, each at least one image corresponding to specific locations of a plantation of a plantation field;
- recognizing the objects in the captured at least one image based on historical and offline and online field data to improve object recognition accuracy and treatment efficacy;
- determining the application rate for each of the specific locations based on the determined application rate decision logic and the recognized objects;
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- determining a control signal(S) for controlling a treatment arrangement of a treatment device based on the determined application rate, wherein the treatment arrangement is controlled during the plantation treatment based on each instance of capturing at least one image and recognizing the objects in the corresponding image, and the application rate decision logic is adjustable based on validation data (V) indicative of the treatment efficacy.
A field manager system for a treatment device for plantation treatment of a plantation field, the field manager system comprising:
- one or more processors configured to:
- capturing at least one image, each at least one image corresponding to specific locations of a plantation of a plantation field;
- receive offline field data (Doff) relating to expected conditions on the plantation field;
- determine application rate decision logic of the treatment device in the form of a configuration file comprising one or more layers, including (i) a rule for an on/off treatment decision;
- and (ii) a rule for determining an application rate of a treatment product based on parameters derived from object recognition based on each instance of capturing at least one image, the application rate decision logic dependent on the offline field data (Doff) and online field data (Don) collected during the plantation treatment of the plantation field;
- and provide the application rate decision logic to the treatment device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.