US 2023/0141050 A1 · MULTIPLE EMITTERS TO TREAT AGRICULTURAL OBJECTS FROM MULTIPLE PAYLOAD SOURCES

Abstract

Various embodiments relate generally to computer vision and automation to autonomously identify and deliver for application a treatment to an object among other objects, data science and data analysis, including machine learning, deep learning, and other disciplines of computer-based artificial intelligence to facilitate identification and treatment of objects, and robotics and mobility technologies to navigate a delivery system, more specifically, to an agricultural delivery system configured to identify and apply, for example, an agricultural treatment to an identified agricultural object. In some examples, a method may include, receiving data representing a policy specifying a type of action for an agricultural object, selecting an emitter with which to perform a type of action for the agricultural object as one of one or more classified subsets, and configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate an emitter to propel an agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising:

maneuvering a treatment system, the treatment system comprising:
a first group of at least four in line emitters;
a second group of at least four in line emitters;
and
one or more payload sources;
identifying a first group of one or more agricultural objects for treatment;
selecting a first emitter from the first group of at least four in line emitters to apply a first liquid-based treatment to the identified first group of one or more agricultural objects;
using the first emitter, applying the first liquid-based treatment, obtained from the one or more payload sources, to the first group of one or more agricultural objects;
identifying a second group of one or more agricultural objects for treatment;
selecting a second emitter from the second group of at least four in line emitters to apply a second liquid-based treatment to the identified second group of one or more agricultural objects, wherein the second emitter is different than the first emitter;
and
using the second emitter to apply the second liquid-based treatment, obtained from the one or more payload sources, to the second group of one or more agricultural objects.

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An agricultural object treatment system, comprising:

a first group of at least four in line emitters;
a second group of at least four in line emitters;
and
one or more payload sources;
one or more sensors for obtaining image data;
a processor, responsive to executing instructions, which is configured to:
identify a first group of one or more agricultural objects for treatment;
select a first emitter to apply a first liquid-based treatment to the identified first group of one or more agricultural objects;
use the first emitter to apply the first liquid-based treatment, obtained from the one or more payload sources, to the first group of one or more agricultural objects;
identify a second group of one or more agricultural objects for treatment;
select a second emitter to apply a second liquid-based treatment to the identified second group of one or more agricultural objects, wherein the second emitter is different than the first emitter;
and
use the second emitter to apply the second liquid-based treatment, obtained from the one or more payload sources, to the second group of one or more agricultural objects.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Multiple emitters to treat agricultural objects from multiple payload sources

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Multiple emitters to treat agricultural objects from multiple payload sources

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Abstract

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