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US 9,420,748 B2Granted
Systems and methods for pruning plants
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsAlistair K. Chan, Roderick A. Hyde, Tony S. Pan, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
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Abstract
An unmanned pruning vehicle includes a pruning device configured to prune plant material from a plant. The unmanned pruning vehicle also includes a processing circuit is configured to control operation of the pruning device to prune a plant.
Claims34
An unmanned pruning vehicle, comprising:
- a pruning device configured to prune plant material from a plant;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control operation of the pruning device based on pruning data regarding a growing envelope for the plant and impact of the plant on growth of a second plant.
A system for pruning plants, comprising:
- an unmanned pruning vehicle configured to prune plant material from a first plant;
- and
- a processing circuit including a central processing unit and a memory device, wherein the processing circuit is configured to control operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle to prune the first plant based on pruning data regarding an impact of the first plant on growth of a second plant.
A system for pruning plants, comprising:
- an unmanned pruning vehicle configured to prune a plant;
- and
- a processing circuit configured to control operation of the unmanned pruning vehicle to selectively prune each of a plurality of branches of the plant based on plant data regarding the plurality of branches of the plant and pruning data regarding an impact of the plurality of branches of the plant on growth of a second plant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.