Method and apparatus for controlling weeds with solar energy

    公开(公告)号:US10226036B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US12181099

    申请日:2008-07-28

    摘要: A method and apparatus for controlling weeds using concentrated solar energy is disclosed. Solar energy may be concentrated by Fresnel lens and directed by manual or automated methods at surfaces of weed plants to heat portions thereof causing damage. Shutters or other devices may be used to direct, and control intensity of concentrated, solar energy, such control preferably applied before significant concentration. In some embodiments, solar energy concentration apparatus may be integrated with ground, air, or water vehicles which may use solar photovoltaic cells for electric power for propulsion and other purposes. Vehicles may use global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers or other methods and apparatus, including video cameras, for navigation and selection of areas (e.g., row middles), plants, or portions of plants to be exposed to concentrated solar energy. Air vehicles may use hydrogen gas electrolyzed from water condensed from humid air to replenish hydrogen gas lost from containment vessels.

    Method and Apparatus for Controlling Weeds with Solar Energy
    2.
    发明申请
    Method and Apparatus for Controlling Weeds with Solar Energy 审中-公开
    用太阳能控制杂草的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090114210A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-05-07

    申请号:US12181099

    申请日:2008-07-28

    IPC分类号: F24J2/42

    摘要: A method and apparatus for controlling weeds using concentrated solar energy is disclosed. Solar energy may be concentrated by Fresnel lens and directed by manual or automated methods at surfaces of weed plants to heat portions thereof causing damage. Shutters or other devices may be used to direct, and control intensity of concentrated, solar energy, such control preferably applied before significant concentration. In some embodiments, solar energy concentration apparatus may be integrated with ground, air, or water vehicles which may use solar photovoltaic cells for electric power for propulsion and other purposes. Vehicles may use global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers or other methods and apparatus, including video cameras, for navigation and selection of areas (e.g., row middles), plants, or portions of plants to be exposed to concentrated solar energy. Air vehicles may use hydrogen gas electrolyzed from water condensed from humid air to replenish hydrogen gas lost from containment vessels.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种使用集中太阳能控制杂草的方法和装置。 太阳能可以通过菲涅耳透镜集中,并​​通过手工或自动化方法在杂草植物的表面进行加热,以加热其部分造成的损害。 可以使用百叶窗或其他装置来引导和控制集中的太阳能的强度,这种控制优选在显着浓度之前施加。 在一些实施例中,太阳能集中装置可与地面,空气或水上交通工具集成,所述地面,空气或水上交通工具可以使用太阳能光伏电池用于推动和其他目的的电力。 车辆可以使用全球定位卫星(GPS)接收机或其他方法和装置,包括摄像机,用于导航和选择要暴露于集中太阳能的区域(例如行中),植物或部分植物。 空气车辆可以使用从潮湿空气冷凝的水中电解的氢气,以补充从安全壳中损失的氢气。

    Airborne biota monitoring and control system
    3.
    发明授权
    Airborne biota monitoring and control system 有权
    机载生物群监测和控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US06653971B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-25

    申请号:US09571295

    申请日:2000-05-14

    IPC分类号: G01S1388

    摘要: A method and system for detecting airborne plant material, such as mold spores and pollen, and flying insects and birds, and classifying them as to whether they are harmful to field crops, production animals or other assets within a protected volume or area. Lasers, radar, and other types of radiation may be used to illuminate at least a perimeter around such assets to be protected, with radiation returns detected and applied to a pattern classifier to determine whether the detected objects of interest are harmful, benign or beneficial. In the event the objects are determined to be harmful (pests), a variety of measures controllable via the radiation returns may be taken to eliminate the harmful objects, these measures including firing pulses of laser, microwave or other radiation of a sufficient intensity to at least incapacitate them, or mechanical measures such as controlled drone aircraft to macerate the pests with propellers or spray limited amounts of pesticide in the area of the pests.

    摘要翻译: 一种检测空气中植物材料如霉菌孢子和花粉,飞虫等的方法和系统,对其对受保护的体积或区域内的田间作物,生产动物或其他资产有害,进行分类。 可以使用激光器,雷达和其他类型的辐射来照亮被保护的这样的资产周围的至少一个周边,并且检测到辐射返回并将其应用于模式分类器以确定检测到的物体是有害的,良性的还是有益的。 在物体被确定为有害物(害虫)的情况下,可以采取通过辐射返回可控的各种措施来消除有害物体,这些措施包括激光的激发脉冲,微波或足够强度的其他辐射 最小限度地失去能力,或采取机动措施,例如受控无人驾驶飞机,使用螺旋桨浸入有害生物或在有害生物区域喷洒有限量的农药。

    Optical recognition methods for locating eyes
    4.
    发明授权
    Optical recognition methods for locating eyes 失效
    用于定位眼睛的光学识别方法

    公开(公告)号:US06419638B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-07-16

    申请号:US09630178

    申请日:2000-08-01

    IPC分类号: A61B500

    摘要: A method for processing an image of eyes of a subject is provided. The image is divided into two halves, each containing an eye of the subject. The halves are then processed to determine at least a position of a pupil within the first half and second half. After positions of the pupils are determined, horizontal and vertical histograms are developed from the pupil in each of the halves. Several ways of plotting the respective histograms are disclosed, these plots provided with various indicators for detecting abnormal conditions of the eyes.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于处理对象的眼睛的图像的方法。 图像分为两半,每个都包含被摄体的眼睛。 然后将半部分处理以确定至少在前半部分和后半部分中瞳孔的位置。 在确定瞳孔的位置之后,在每一半的瞳孔中显示水平和垂直直方图。 公开了绘制各个直方图的几种方法,这些图提供有用于检测眼睛异常状况的各种指示器。

    Airborne biota monitoring and control system
    5.
    发明授权
    Airborne biota monitoring and control system 有权
    机载生物群监测和控制系统

    公开(公告)号:US07501979B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-10

    申请号:US11054685

    申请日:2005-02-08

    IPC分类号: G01S13/88 A01M1/22

    摘要: A method and system, which may be implemented in some embodiments as a video game, for identifying harmful airborne biota, particularly flying insects, and either killing or disabling the harmful airborne biota is disclosed. Lasers, radar, and other types of radiation may be used to illuminate objects in a detection region, with radiation returns detected and applied to a pattern classifier to determine whether the detected airborne biota are harmful, benign or beneficial. Tracking and classification information may be provided to a remotely located game participant who may be permitted to control measures taken to eliminate the harmful airborne biota, these measures including firing pulses of beamed energy or radiation of a sufficient intensity to at least incapacitate them, or mechanical measures such as flying a remotely-controlled miniature unmanned aircraft to engage and kill the pests.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种方法和系统,其可以在一些实施例中被实现为视频游戏,用于识别有害的空中生物群,特别是飞行昆虫,以及杀死或禁用有害的空中生物群。 可以使用激光器,雷达和其他类型的辐射来照射检测区域中的物体,检测到辐射返回并将其应用于模式分类器以确定检测到的空中生物群是有害的,良性的或有益的。 跟踪和分类信息可以提供给远程定位的游戏参与者,该游戏参与者可以被允许控制为消除有害的空气传播生物群所采取的措施,这些措施包括射束能量的射击脉冲或具有足够强度至少使其失能的辐射或机械 诸如飞行遥控微型无人驾驶飞机参与杀死害虫的措施。

    Optical recognition methods for locating eyes
    6.
    发明授权
    Optical recognition methods for locating eyes 失效
    用于定位眼睛的光学识别方法

    公开(公告)号:US6095989A

    公开(公告)日:2000-08-01

    申请号:US150000

    申请日:1998-09-08

    摘要: A plurality of methods of analysis of images of eyes of a subject taken by a reflex photometer are disclosed. In this methods, a computer coupled to the reflex photometer is programmed to locate the pupil of at at least one eye, crop an image array containing the pupil from the total image and perform analyses on the cropped array to determine whether conditions are present indicative of disease processes in the eye. In essence, parameters of the subject eye are developed, and these subject pararmeters are compared to the same parameters developed by a normal eye. In addition, indications of strabismus are examined by comparing the area of the white portion of the eye on one side of the iris with the white portion on the other side of the iris.

    摘要翻译: 公开了由反射光度计拍摄的对象的眼睛的图像分析的多种方法。 在该方法中,耦合到反射光度计的计算机被编程为定位至少一只眼睛的瞳孔,从总图像中裁剪包含瞳孔的图像阵列,并对裁剪的阵列执行分析,以确定条件是否存在指示 眼睛疾病过程。 本质上,开发了目标眼睛的参数,并将这些受试者参与者与正常眼睛开发的相同参数进行比较。 此外,通过将虹膜的一侧的眼睛的白色部分的面积与虹膜另一侧上的白色部分进行比较来检查斜视的指征。