公开(公告)号：US20220297148A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-22

申请号：US17203243

申请日：2021-03-16

Applicant: Deere & Company

Inventor： Timothy A. Wilcox

IPC: B05B12/12 ,  G05D1/02 ,  B05B12/08 ,  B05B13/00 ,  A01G25/16

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control agricultural product application rates are disclosed. An example system to control agricultural product application rates includes a field area processor to determine an area of a field to be covered, and an application rate processor including an end product processor to determine an amount of product to be utilized during an application session, the amount of product to be utilized based on an amount of product on a vehicle and a final product amount, and an application rate calculator to determine a first application rate to be implemented by an applicator based on the amount of product to be utilized and the area of the field to be covered.

公开(公告)号：US20220283137A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-08

申请号：US17750096

申请日：2022-05-20

Applicant: Climate LLC

Inventor： Justin KOCH ,  Michael H. MALONE ,  Phil David BAURER ,  Nalini GUPTA ,  Calden Nathaniel Carroll STIMPSON ,  Andreas Markus WENZEL ,  Jordan KUSIEK ,  Michael GALL ,  Jeffrey Lawrence KOHNE ,  Eric L. BORROWMAN

IPC: G01N33/24 ,  A01B79/00 ,  A01G25/16 ,  H04W4/80 ,  H04W76/10 ,  G01W1/14

Abstract: In an embodiment, an integrated sensor system with modular sensors and wireless connectivity components for monitoring properties of field soil is described. In an embodiment, an integrated sensor system comprises one or more sensors that are configured to determine one or more measures of at least one property of soil. The integrated sensor system also includes one or more processing units that are configured to receive, from the sensors, the measures of at least one property of soil and calculate soil property data based on the measures. The system further includes a transmitter that is configured to receive the soil property data from the processing units, establish a communications connection with at least one computer device, and automatically transmit the soil property data to the at least one computer device via the communications connection. In an embodiment, the communications connection is a wireless connection established between the transmitter and a smart hub or a LoRA-enabled device. In an embodiment, the computer sensors, the processors, and the transmitter are installed inside a portable probe.

公开(公告)号：US11435295B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16555349

申请日：2019-08-29

Applicant: Yokogawa Electric Corporation

Inventor： Koichi Taniguchi ,  Mitsuhiro Iga

IPC: G01N21/80 ,  G01N21/47 ,  G01N21/55 ,  G01N33/24 ,  G01N21/64 ,  G01K11/12 ,  G01N21/59 ,  G01N21/81 ,  G01N21/78 ,  G01N21/17 ,  G01N21/77 ,  A01G25/16 ,  G01D11/24 ,  A01B79/00

Abstract: A sensor element is used to collect environment information on a surface of the earth or a surface layer of the earth by being scattered in a target region where the environment information is collected. At least one of reflection properties, transmission properties, absorption properties, or luminescence properties with respective to an electromagnetic wave with a specific wavelength, or light emitting properties changes in accordance with an environment.

公开(公告)号：US11432484B2

公开(公告)日：2022-09-06

申请号：US16040215

申请日：2018-07-19

Applicant: ET Water Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Lee M. Williams ,  Edwin Waldemar Veelo ,  Kyle Prodromou Schien

IPC: A01G25/16

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for an environmental services platform for providing optimized irrigation plans, water management and use analysis, automated irrigation. Scheduling via network connected irrigation controllers, and other automated environmental services. According to some embodiments, a user may input site survey data regarding a selected irrigation site to a network-connected environmental services platform. The environmental services platform may correlate and analyze the input site survey data with large scale sets of relevant data (e.g., soil data, geographic data, plant data, weather data, solar radiation data, etc.) to provide services associated with the platform.

公开(公告)号：US20220277646A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17747188

申请日：2022-05-18

Applicant: Lindsay Corporation

Inventor： Kurtis Arlan Charling

IPC: G08C25/00 ,  G05B19/042 ,  H04B17/318 ,  A01G25/16 ,  G08C17/02

Abstract: A data management system for an irrigation system and methods of controlling operations thereof are provided. The data management system directs data captured at a plurality of sensors on the irrigation system to a remote device. The data management system comprises a communication bus and a plurality of communications. The communication bus extends along the irrigation system. The plurality of communication systems are positioned on the irrigation system and are connected to the communication bus. Each of the communication systems is configured to receive signals representative of the data from one of the sensors and to transmit signals representative of the data, via wireless communication, to the remote device.

公开(公告)号：US11429071B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-30

申请号：US15994260

申请日：2018-05-31

Applicant: Valmont Industries, Inc.

Inventor： Jacob L. Larue ,  Andrew Carritt ,  Joshua M. Dixon

IPC: G05B13/04 ,  A01G25/16 ,  A01G25/09 ,  G05B13/02

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method which includes a machine learning module which analyzes data collected from one or more sources such as UAVs, satellites, span mounted crop sensors, direct soil sensors and climate sensors. According to a further preferred embodiment, the machine learning module preferably creates sets of field objects from within a given field and uses the received data to create a predictive model for each defined field object based on detected characteristics from each field object within the field.

公开(公告)号：US20220256789A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17614360

申请日：2020-05-31

Applicant: ARGUS CONTROL SYSTEMS LTD.

Inventor： Edwin Michael Gyde HEAVEN ,  Donny CAYANAN

IPC: A01G25/16 ,  G01N21/3563 ,  G01N33/00 ,  G05B19/042

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for determining a plant health parameter based on a measured IR parameter of the plant are provided. If the measured plant health parameter indicates the plant is experiencing a stress condition, an alert can be provided and/or a control system can be activated to supply environmental elements such as water to the plant to ameliorate the stress condition.

公开(公告)号：US20220248617A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-11

申请号：US17728017

申请日：2022-04-25

Applicant: Sentek Pty Ltd.

Inventor： Peter Buss

IPC: A01G25/16

Abstract: Crops for human and animal consumption of many types are well known by their respective growers. Years of experience in the field provide the grower knowledge about a range of conditions that lead to the full spectrum of crop yields and crop quality, and each grower creates a store of knowledge which they can combine with the available measures of those conditions. This disclosure provides a method for indicating the onset of water stress in one or more plants located in a soil the roots of which are within the measurement zone of a soil moisture sensor located in the soil, by determining from representative data of the daily soil water usage and the evapotranspiration value in the region of the crop each day for a predetermined number of 24 hour periods consecutively prior to a stress determination day d by calculating the line of best fit for the daily crop water usage and recorded ETo for the predetermined number of consecutive 24 hour periods. Calculating the difference of each daily crop water usage from the line of best fit. Determining the statistical standard deviation of the differences of each daily crop water usage value from the line of best fit. Determine a predicted crop water usage for day d using the ETo for day d and the line-of-best fit. Determining whether the difference between the daily crop water usage for day d and the predicted crop water usage for day d, and if the difference is equal to or more than the value V, where the value V is an amount of deviation from the mean where V in an example is the standard deviation. Indicating that a period of water stress of the one or more plants has been entered as of day d to thereby control elements of a crop management arrangement to irrigate or not to irrigate automatically with no human intervention.

公开(公告)号：US20220225563A1

公开(公告)日：2022-07-21

申请号：US17579409

申请日：2022-01-19

Applicant: AYMAN TAHA

Inventor： AYMAN TAHA

IPC: A01C23/00 ,  G01P15/08 ,  G01P15/14 ,  G01D11/24 ,  G01D9/00 ,  A01C17/00 ,  A01G25/16

Abstract: A system and methods for monitoring and evaluating the performance of a lawn-care technician. A Technician Performance Module (TPM) is affixed to or embedded in a device or apparatus used by the technician, such as a sprayer or a spreader. The TPM comprises a plurality of sensors (e.g., GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, pedometer) which collect, store, and/or transmit an assortment of data as described below. The data may be transmitted wirelessly to a control box, which may be located in a nearby vehicle, such as a truck used by the technician at the site of the lawn-care services being provided. The data also may be transmitted wireless to a cellular or wireless gateway for transmission to system servers for storage and analysis.

公开(公告)号：US11375677B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16866321

申请日：2020-05-04

Applicant: Max Safai

Inventor： Max Safai

IPC: G05B13/04 ,  A01G25/16 ,  G06F30/28 ,  G06F17/18 ,  G06F113/14 ,  G06F113/08

Abstract: A system and associated method are disclosed for dynamically and automatically optimizing fluid usage and preventing waste in an at least one pipe system, such as an irrigation system. In at least one embodiment, an at least one fluid sensor is positioned and configured for monitoring a flow of fluid through a pipe of an at least one zone of the pipe system. At least one control valve is positioned in-line with the pipe and configured for being selectively actuated for controlling the flow of fluid therethrough. At least one controller is positioned and configured for being in communication with each of the fluid sensor and control valve. At least one central computing system is in selective communication with the controller and configured for receiving and processing data related to at least one of the fluid sensor, controller and control valve.