Invention Application
- Patent Title: METHOD, VEHICLE AND SYSTEM FOR WEED CONTROL MANAGEMENT
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Application No.: US17913415Application Date: 2021-03-15
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Publication No.: US20230136009A1Publication Date: 2023-05-04
- Inventor: Malcolm FAERS , Andrew Charles CHAPPLE
- Applicant: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Applicant Address: DE Leverkusen
- Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee: BAYER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
- Current Assignee Address: DE Leverkusen
- Priority: WO20164973.8 20200323
- International Application: PCT/EP2021/056465 WO 20210315
- Main IPC: A01M7/00
- IPC: A01M7/00 ; A01M21/04 ; A01C14/00

Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method (10) to control weeds comprising the steps of: a) acquiring geopositional information of planted crop seeds on an agricultural field and generating a crop seed map, b) acquiring soil elevation data and the corresponding geopositional information of the soil elevation on the agricultural field where the crop seeds have been planted or are being planted at at least two different time points and generating soil surface profile maps of the agricultural field, the soil surface profile maps showing the soil surface profiles at the at least two different time points, c) comparing the soil surface profile maps and the crop seed map to identify differences in the soil elevation profile that are not associated with seed growth of the planted seeds on the agricultural field, d) generating a weed control agent spray map on the basis of the differences in the identified soil elevations on the agricultural field that are not associated with seed growth of the planted crop seeds on the agricultural field.
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