Dynamic Agricultural Weed Removal System
AssigneeSeedSpider Ltd
InventorDonald Sandbrook
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Abstract
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row that can include operating a weed removing implement tool on an optimized travel path for the implement tool, wherein the implement tool traverses the travel path at least partially around one or more crop plants planted in a row. The method can further include adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the implement tool based on at least one variable. In addition, the step of adjusting the trajectory of the travel path for the implement tool may be further based on detecting the at least one variable in the travel path. Also, the detected variable may be based on least one or more sensors or cameras secured to a host vehicle. Further, the travel path may include an oscillating type pattern having a crest and a trough.
Claims20
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- operating a weed removing tool, which is rotatably coupled to a vehicle, based on a travel path for the weed removing tool that includes an oscillating crest and trough pattern, wherein a forward motion of the vehicle and the travel path causes the weed removing tool to execute the oscillating crest and trough pattern by moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant, wherein the diagonal motion across the central axis includes the weed removing tool dwelling at or near the central axis prior to reaching the crest at the opposing side the second crop plant;
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- adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing tool based on at least one variable.
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- operating a weed removing tool, which is rotatably coupled to a vehicle, based on a travel path for the weed removing tool that includes an oscillating crest and trough pattern, wherein a forward motion of the vehicle and the travel path causes the weed removing tool to execute the oscillating crest and trough pattern by moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant, wherein the weed removing tool travels a straight path prior to the trough at the side of the first crop plant and/or wherein the weed removing tool travels a straight path subsequent to reaching the crest at the opposing side of the second crop plant;
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- adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing tool based on one or more variables in the travel path.
An agricultural weed removal method for a planted crop plant row, comprising:
- operating a weed removing tool, which is rotatably coupled to a vehicle, based on a travel path for the weed removing tool that includes an oscillating crest and trough pattern, wherein a forward motion of the vehicle and the travel path causes the weed removing tool to execute the oscillating crest and trough pattern by moving from a trough at a side of a first crop plant to a crest at an opposing side of a second crop plant via a diagonal motion across a central axis of a row in which the first crop plant is planted immediately preceding the second crop plant;
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- adjusting a trajectory of the travel path for the weed removing tool based on one or more variables.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.