Varying irrigation scheduling based on height of vegetation
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsJoshua D. Hoffman, Noel Wayne Anderson, David August Johnson, Russell Thacher, Kirk Eisenbeis
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Abstract
A method of controlling application of a substance to vegetation using data obtained via a mobile machine is provided. A height of the vegetation is measured during a scheduled task of the mobile machine. The measured height of the vegetation is compared with a calculated height of the vegetation. Then, an amount of the substance applied by an irrigation system to an area containing the vegetation is adjusted based on a difference between the measured height of the vegetation and the calculated height of the vegetation.
Claims11
A method of controlling application of a substance to vegetation using data obtained via a mobile machine, the method comprising:
- measuring a height of the vegetation during a scheduled task of the mobile machine;
- comparing the measured height of the vegetation with a calculated height of the vegetation;
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- adjusting an amount of the substance applied by an irrigation system to an area containing the vegetation based on a difference between the measured height of the vegetation and the calculated height of the vegetation.
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