AUTOMATED MACHINE FOR SELECTIVE IN SITU MANIPULATION OF PLANTS

Disclosed herein are systems for identifying a plant in a field with pixel-level precision and taking an action on the identified plant, also with pixel level precision. The disclosed systems can include multiple implements, enabling the performance of multiple tasks on an identified plant or associ...

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Main Authors HERBON RYAN, SIEMENS MARK C, GAYLER RONALD R, NOLTE KURT D
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 26.06.2014
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
FERTILISING
FISHING
FORESTRY
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL
PHYSICS
PLANTING
SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY
SOWING
TESTING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:Disclosed herein are systems for identifying a plant in a field with pixel-level precision and taking an action on the identified plant, also with pixel level precision. The disclosed systems can include multiple implements, enabling the performance of multiple tasks on an identified plant or associated area of soil. Methods of using the described systems for automated thinning, weeding and spot spraying crops are also disclosed.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113978378