System and method for monitoring crops
OwnerChristine Y. Changinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring crops are disclosed. This disclosure relates to a system for monitoring crops, the system comprising a first support frame, the support frame comprising a first sensor rack coupled to the first support frame, the first sensor rack comprising a first sensor module; a movement module, the movement module comprising a first sensor rack motor, wherein the first sensor rack motor is configured to move the first sensor rack along the first support frame from a first starting location to a first ending location; and a hyperspectral module, wherein the first sensor module is coupled to the hyperspectral module.
Claims28
A crop monitoring system, the system comprising:
- a first support frame, the support frame comprising:
- a first sensor rack coupled to the first support frame, the first sensor rack comprising a first sensor module;
- a movement module, the movement module comprising a first sensor rack motor, wherein the first sensor rack motor is configured to move the first sensor rack along the first support frame from a first starting location to a first ending location;
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- a hyperspectral module, wherein the first sensor module is coupled to the hyperspectral module.
An automated crop monitoring system, the system comprising:
- a control module, configured to direct operations of the system;
- a first support frame;
- a first sensor rack coupled to the first support frame, the first sensor rack comprising at least one sensor coupled to the first sensor rack;
- a movement module, the movement module comprising a first sensor rack motor, wherein the first sensor rack motor is configured to move the first sensor rack along the first support frame from a first starting location to a first ending location;
- at least one Hall effect sensor coupled to first support frame;
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- a magnet coupled to the first sensor rack, wherein the at least one Hall effect sensor is configured to sense the magnet and send a signal to the control module to stop the movement of the first sensor rack such that the first sensor rack is over a subject crop.
A method for monitoring crop performance, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining a nighttime cycle;
- moving and aligning a first sensor rack to a configuration to sense and record data from a subject crop during the nighttime cycle;
- determining a daytime cycle;
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- moving and aligning a second sensor rack to a configuration to sense and record data from the subject crop during the daytime cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.