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US 2026/0026490 A1Published application
Carrying out and documenting the application of crop protection products
AssigneesBayer Aktiengesellschaft, AI.Land GmbH
InventorsMatthias TEMPEL, Alexander ROTH, Giuseppe LA TONA, Josef FRANKO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the technical area of the application of plant protection agent. The subjects of the present invention are a device and a method for the automated and precise application of one or more plant protection agents on a target object and for the documentation of the application.
Claims13
A method comprising:
- (a) producing a first image recording of a target object;
- (b) identifying the target object based on the first image recording;
- (c) ascertaining a target region based on the first image recording and/or based on a second image recording;
- (d) applying an amount of plant protection agent to the target region with the aid of a dosing unit;
- (e) producing a third image recording, wherein the third image recording shows the plant protection agent applied to the target region;
- (f) generating a data set comprising:
- the first and/or the second image recording;
- an item of information about the ascertained target object;
- and
- the third image recording;
- (g) outputting and/or storing the data set and/or transmitting the data set to a computer system.
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A device comprising:
- a control and calculation unit;
- at least one image recording unit;
- a dosing unit;
- and
- a data memory and/or a transmitting unit;
- wherein the control and calculation unit is configured to:
- receive a first image recording from the at least one image recording unit;
- identify a target object in the first image recording;
- receive a second image recording from the at least one image recording unit;
- ascertain a target region based on of the first and/or second image recording;
- cause the dosing unit to apply an amount of a plant protection agent to the target region;
- cause the at least one first image recording unit to generate a third image recording, wherein the third image recording shows the plant protection agent applied to the target region;
- generate a data set, wherein the data set comprises:
- the first and/or the second image recording;
- an item of information about the ascertained target object;
- and
- the second image recording;
- and
- store the data set in the data memory and/or to cause the transmitting unit to transmit the data set to a computer system.
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The device according to claim 9, wherein the control and calculation unit is configured to:
- receive a second image recording from a second image recording unit, wherein the second image recording unit is positioned spatially different relative to the first image recording unit;
- ascertain a target region based on the first and second image recordings;
- cause the dosing unit to apply an amount of a plant protection agent to the target region;
- cause the at least one first image recording unit to generate a third image recording, wherein the third image recording shows the plant protection agent applied to the target region;
- generate a data set, wherein the data set comprises:
- the first image recording;
- an item of information about the ascertained target object;
- and
- the second image recording.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.