公开(公告)号：US20230165236A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US18052672

申请日：2022-11-04

申请人： Kinze Manufacturing, Inc.

发明人： Steve Nolte ,  Philip Willis ,  Denny Williams ,  Austin Flugum

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  B05B9/06 ,  B05B12/08 ,  A01C23/00

CPC分类号： A01M7/0092 ,  A01C23/007 ,  B05B9/06 ,  B05B12/085

摘要： A drawback system is used with a liquid fertilizer distribution system to be used with agricultural implements. The drawback system may include a two-way, reversible pump that allows liquid fertilizer material to be transported from a system source or toward a system source. The drawback system allows liquid fertilizer that is not applied to an agricultural field to be cleared from piping, conduits, and/or other components of a liquid fertilizer system and drawn back into a holding chamber. The drawback system may also comprise a positive displacement pump in communication with a plurality of valves wherein manipulation of the valves can control the direction of the flow of liquid fertilizer, either from or toward a system/fluid source.

公开(公告)号：US20230165235A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17919228

申请日：2021-04-14

申请人： BAYER CROPSCIENCE LP

发明人： Kevin ADAM ,  Brent SLONE

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01M21/04 ,  A01N25/00

CPC分类号： A01M7/0089 ,  A01B79/005 ,  A01M21/043 ,  A01N25/00

摘要： The invention relates to weed mapping, monitoring and control, in particular to the mapping, monitoring and control of invasive annual grasses. A computer system comprises a receiving unit providing a processing unit with images of a geographical area, the images displaying the geographical area at points in time during a phenological cycle of a weed. At least two images depicting a weed at two different phenological stages may be used because two sequentially collected images are required in order to identify a characteristic temporal change. The processing unit analyzes the images to identify image areas showing a spectral signature characteristic of the weed. The processing unit identifies geographical sub-areas corresponding to the identified image areas and to create a weed distribution map with the identified geographical sub-areas marked as areas affected by the weed. The output unit is configured to output the map.

公开(公告)号：US20230165234A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17538912

申请日：2021-11-30

申请人： Blue River Technology Inc.

发明人： Kent Michael Anderson ,  Benjamin Ray Chostner

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  G05D1/02 ,  G06V20/10

CPC分类号： A01M7/0089 ,  G05D1/0219 ,  G06V20/188 ,  G05D2201/0201

摘要： Historical information is accessed that describes a previous state of a field, previous environmental conditions for the field, and previous farming machine actions performed in the field. A tank management model is applied to the historical information to determine expected weed densities within field portions and an amount of treatment fluid required to treat plants within the field. While the farming machine is treating plants in the field, current information describing a current state of the field is accessed. The tank management model is applied to the current information to determine updated weed densities within field portions not yet treated. The farming machine performs a modified plant treatment action based on the updated weed densities and a comparison of a remaining amount of treatment fluid within a tank of the farming machine and an updated amount of treatment fluid for treating plants within field portions not yet treated.

公开(公告)号：US20230126714A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-27

申请号：US18084311

申请日：2022-12-19

申请人： Verdant Robotics, Inc.

发明人： Gabriel Thurston Sibley ,  Patrick Christopher Leger ,  Wisit Jirattigalochote ,  Curtis Dale Garner

IPC分类号： A01M7/00

摘要： Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. Fluid may be provided through a first pressurized fluid line from a fluid source within an agricultural treatment system to a fluid port of a treatment head assembly of the agricultural treatment system. The fluid may be delivered from the fluid port to one or more spraying tips when the fluid regulator is actuated when in a desired position.

公开(公告)号：US20230124667A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US18061860

申请日：2022-12-05

申请人： Verdant Robotics, Inc.

发明人： Gabriel Thurston Sibley ,  Lorenzo Ibarria ,  Curtis Dale Garner ,  Patrick Christopher Leger

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  G05B15/02

摘要： A method includes receiving, by the treatment system, during operation in an agricultural environment, one or more images comprising one or more agricultural objects in the agricultural environment, identifying, in real-time, one or more objects of interest from the one or more agricultural objects by analyzing the one or more images, wherein the analyzing results in a first object being identified as belonging to one or more target objects and a second object being identified as not belonging to the one or more target objects, logging one or more results of the identification of each of the one or more objects of interest and a corresponding treatment decision; and activating the treatment mechanism to treat the one or more target objects.

公开(公告)号：US20230115408A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17911632

申请日：2021-03-12

申请人： BAYER CROPSCIENCE K.K.

发明人： Satoshi ITO ,  Asako MORI ,  Takahiro SASSA

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  A01M21/04

摘要： Problem To provide an information processor capable of effectively reducing a risk of pest damage to produce. Solution An information processor 10 predicts a risk of pest damage to produce, the information processor comprising: a prediction unit for predicting an effect of reducing the pest damage risk for each of a plurality of countermeasure candidates for changing at least one influencing parameter affecting the pest damage risk; and a selection unit for selecting a countermeasure from among the plurality of countermeasure candidates while prioritizing a countermeasure having a higher effect of reducing the pest damage risk, on the basis of a result of predicting the effect of reducing the pest damage risk afforded by the prediction unit.

公开(公告)号：US20230112766A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17913402

申请日：2021-04-16

申请人： Pyka Inc.

发明人： Michael NORCIA ,  Nathan WHITE ,  Tobias WURFT ,  Kyle MOORE ,  Garrett RINI ,  Jason PETERSEN ,  Chukwuma OGUNWOLE

IPC分类号： G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  B64C39/02 ,  B64D1/18 ,  A01M7/00

摘要： Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling spraying of chemicals by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). An unmanned aerial vehicle system includes one or more processors configured to perform operations of autonomously performing a flight path by the UAV and dispersing a chemical by the UAV along portions of the flight path. The UAV may include a chemical spray system having one or more spray booms with multiple nozzles for dispersing a chemical. The chemical spray system may include one or more tanks attached to the body of the UAV and a pump fluidly connected to the tanks to disperse chemical via the spray booms.

公开(公告)号：US20230112376A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-13

申请号：US17907042

申请日：2021-03-25

申请人： Precision Planting LLC

发明人： Michael Strnad ,  Jason J. Stoller ,  Paul Wildermuth

IPC分类号： A01M7/00 ,  G06V20/10

摘要： An agricultural implement having a camera facing in a forward direction of travel on the agricultural implement. A mirror is disposed in a portion of a forward field of view of the camera such that the camera captures an image that includes a forward field of view and a rearward view.

公开(公告)号：US11623305B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17503221

申请日：2021-10-15

申请人： Verdant Robotics, Inc.

发明人： Gabriel Thurston Sibley ,  Patrick Christopher Leger ,  Wisit Jirattigalochote ,  Curtis Dale Garner ,  Liang-shian Chen ,  Jacob R. Stelzriede

IPC分类号： B23K26/38 ,  B23K26/08 ,  A01B79/00 ,  G06V20/10 ,  G06V20/56 ,  A01M21/04 ,  G05D1/02 ,  A01C23/00 ,  A01C23/04 ,  A01M7/00 ,  B05B12/12 ,  B05B13/04

摘要： Various embodiments of an apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products described herein are directed to an agricultural observation and treatment system and method of operation. The agricultural treatment system uses a treatment unit for emitting a laser at agricultural objects. The treatment unit is configured with a treatment head assembly that includes a moveable treatment head with one or more laser emitting tips. A first and second motor assembly are operated by the treatment unit to control the movement of the treatment head. The first motor assembly includes a first motor rotatable in a first rotational axis. A first linkage assembly is connected to the first motor and the treatment head assembly. The first linkage assembly is rotatable by the first motor. The second linkage assembly is rotatable by the second motor.

公开(公告)号：US11622555B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US16094427

申请日：2017-04-18

申请人： FaunaPhotonics Agriculture & Environmental A/S

发明人： Mikkel Brydegaard Sørensen

IPC分类号： G01C3/08 ,  A01M31/00 ,  A01M7/00 ,  G01S17/88 ,  G01S7/48 ,  G01S7/481 ,  G01S7/497 ,  G01S7/499 ,  G01S17/46 ,  A01K11/00 ,  A01M1/02 ,  G01S17/86 ,  A01K29/00 ,  A01M25/00

摘要： Optical remote sensing systems for quantifying aerial or aquatic fauna with respect to number of living organisms, such as animals, such as insects, birds, bats or aquatic organisms, and to biological specificity.