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US 2013/0231968 A1Published application
Method and System for Identifying Management Zones for Variable-Rate Crop Inputs
AssigneePhantom Inc.
InventorCorwyn Willness
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Abstract
A method and system for identifying management zones for variable-rate crop inputs, wherein the zones are developed using soil, water and topography base maps. The base maps are combined into various different zone maps, and a final zone map is selected on the basis of observed field characteristics.
Claims36
A method for characterizing a field used for agricultural purposes, the method comprising:
- a) collecting field attribute data representing a plurality of attributes characterizing the field;
- b) using the field attribute data to generate a plurality of base maps, each base map illustrating at least one of the attributes;
- c) combining the base maps to generate a plurality of zone maps such that each of the zone maps illustrates a unique combination of the attributes;
- d) comparing each of the plurality of zone maps to field data;
- and
- e) selecting the zone map that best reflects the field data.
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A system for characterizing a field used for agricultural purposes, the system comprising:
- means for receiving field attribute data representing a plurality of attributes characterizing the field;
- a memory configured with a data structure for storing the field attribute data;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the processor configured to use the data to generate a plurality of base maps, each base map illustrating at least one of the attributes;
- the processor further configured to combine the base maps to generate a plurality of zone maps such that each of the zone maps illustrates a unique combination of the attributes;
- the processor further configured to enable comparison of each of the plurality of zone maps to field data;
- and
- the processor further configured to enable selection of the zone map that best reflects the field data.
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The system of claim of 24, wherein:
- the attributes are selected from the group consisting of soil attributes, water attributes and topography attributes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.