SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING POLLEN ONTO CROPS VIA UNMANNED VEHICLES

• Main Authors: HIGH DONALD R, MATTINGLY TODD D, THOMPSON JOHN P, MCHALE BRIAN G, ATCHLEY MICHAEL D, WINKLE DAVID C, O'BRIEN JOHN J, SIMON JOHN F, CANTRELL ROBERT L
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 02.08.2019
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; AIRCRAFT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FISHING; FLYING SUITS; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING

In some embodiments, methods and systems of pollinating crops in a crop-containing area include at least one unmanned vehicle having a receptacle including pollen, a pollen dispenser configured to dispense the pollen from the receptacle onto the crops, and a sensor configured to detect presence of the pollen dispensed from the at least one pollen dispenser on the crops and interpret the presence of the pollen dispensed from the at least one pollen dispenser on the crops as a verification that the pollen dispensed from the at least one pollen dispenser was successfully applied to the crops. 在一些实施例中，对含作物区域中的作物授粉的系统和方法包括至少一个无人载具，所述至少一个无人载具具有：包括花粉的容器；花粉分配器，其被配置成将花粉从容器分配到作物上；以及传感器，其被配置成检测从所述至少一个花粉分配器分配的花粉在作物上的存在，并且将从所述至少一个花粉分配器分配的花粉在作物上的存在解释为从所述至少一个花粉分配器分配的花粉被成功应用到作物的验证。