System and Method for Plant Treatment Based on Neighboring Effects
AssigneeBlue River Technology Inc.
InventorLee Kamp Redden
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Abstract
A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- accessing an image of a field comprising a plurality of plants, the image comprising a plurality of pixels and captured by a farming machine moving through the field;
- classifying, by a computer, a plant of the plurality of plants in the image by identifying a plant feature for the plant in the plurality of pixels;
- determining, by the computer and based on the identified plant feature, output parameters for an electromagnetic wave configured to necrose the identified first plant when applied by a treatment mechanism;
- identifying, by the computer and based on the identified plant feature, a treatment position in the field for necrosing the identified first plant based on the identified plant feature;
- positioning the treatment mechanism such that an active area of the treatment mechanism aligns with the treatment position for the identified first plant;
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- treating the plant by operating the treatment mechanism to apply the electromagnetic wave to cauterize the plant according to the determined output parameters.
A farming machine comprising:
- a camera system configured to capture an image of a field of plant as the farming machine travels through the field of plants;
- an elimination mechanism configured to generate directional energy treatments to eliminate plants in the field;
- one or more processors physically attached to the farming machine;
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- access an image of a field comprising a plurality of plants, the image comprising a plurality of pixels and captured by a farming machine moving through the field;
- classify, by a computer, a plant of the plurality of plants in the image by identifying a plant feature for the plant in the plurality of pixels;
- determine, by the computer and based on the identified plant feature, output parameters for an electromagnetic wave configured to necrose the identified first plant when applied by a treatment mechanism;
- identify, by the computer and based on the identified plant feature, a treatment position in the field for necrosing the identified first plant based on the identified plant feature;
- position the treatment mechanism such that an active area of the treatment mechanism aligns with the treatment position for the identified first plant;
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- treat the plant by operating the treatment mechanism to apply the electromagnetic wave to cauterize the plant according to the determined output parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.