Method and apparatus for identifying and harvesting agricultural products
OwnerSergio ZANINIinventor
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Abstract
A method for identifying and harvesting agricultural products involves identifying, as a target, at least one agricultural product, applying a marker to each agricultural product, detecting and storing, for each marker, a set of data defining a tracking and access vector, the set of data forming the tracking and access vector comprising the absolute position of the marker, a versor identifying orientation of the marker and data needed to construct a predefined path to access the marker, and providing at least one harvesting device for harvesting each agricultural product and programming it to reach each agricultural product based on data contained in the tracking vector of each agricultural product.
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A method for identifying and harvesting agricultural products, the method comprising:
- identifying, as a target, at least one agricultural product,
- applying a marker to each agricultural product,
- detecting and storing, for each marker, a set of data defining a tracking and access vector,
- wherein said set of data defining the tracking and access vector comprises absolute position of the marker, a versor identifying orientation of the marker and data needed to construct a predefined path to access said marker, and
- providing at least one harvesting device for harvesting each agricultural product and programming said at least one harvesting device to reach each agricultural product based on data contained in the tracking and access vector of each agricultural product.
An apparatus for identifying and harvesting an agricultural product, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one marker associated with an agricultural product to be tracked and harvested, said least one marker being identified by a tracking and access vector,
- a tracking device for detecting and storing the tracking and access vector of said agricultural product,
- wherein the tracking device is a portable device,
- wherein the tracking device is configured to apply the marker to the agricultural product,
- wherein the tracking device is a wearable device configured to perform a marker application function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.