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AssigneeBayer CropScience AG
InventorsGreg A. REINECCIUS, Jaco Ernest VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Alan W. GEISS, Bradley W. MAY, Tharacad S. RAMANARAYANAN, Marc Jean-Marie ANDRIEUX
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An automated seed treatment system is adapted for on-site operation at a retail seed distributor. A sealed seed-treater vessel is configured to apply a plurality of chemical treatments to a batch of seed based on a seed treatment recipe. A programmable system controller is electrically coupled to a pump controller of each of a plurality of pump-stations. The programmable system controller is configured to receive a material transfer indication from each of the plurality of pump-stations and issue commands to the pump controller of each pump-station in response to the seed treatment recipe. The programmable system controller is configured to collect operational data representing at least consumption of chemical from the chemical container at each of the pump-stations based on the corresponding material transfer indication during seed treatment and to provide the operational data to a remotely hosted information system located remotely from the site of the retail seed distributor and accessible to at least one third party that is distinct from the retail seed distributor.
A process for automatically treating seed at a retail seed distribution center, the retail seed distribution center including a seed treatment vessel configured to apply one or more chemical treatments controllably delivered from a plurality of drums or kegs containing the chemical treatments directly to the seed treatment vessel for application to seed based on seed treatment recipes and controlled by a system controller, the process comprising:
A method for supporting operations of a plurality of geographically distributed retail seed distribution centers by an automated information system comprising computing hardware operating under program control, the method comprising:
A method of treating seeds at a retail distribution site, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.