WIDE-AREA AGRICULTURAL MONITORING AND PREDICTION
First Claim
1. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
- a first reporting agent configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias;
a second reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and
a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and
a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data.
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Abstract
A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction comprises a first reporting agent a second reporting agent a database, and a processor. The first reporting agent is configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias. The second reporting is configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area. The database is configured for storing the absolute measurement data and the relative measurement data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area. The processor is configured for accessing the database and using the ground-based data for the portion of the geographic area to calibrate the aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for the geographic area from the aerial data.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
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a first reporting agent configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias; a second reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
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a data source of aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias; a reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method of agricultural monitoring and prediction, said method comprising:
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obtaining aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, said aerial data having an unknown bias; obtaining ground-based data representing absolute measurements of said agricultural metric within said geographic area; using said ground-based data to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of said agricultural metric in parts of said geographic area from said aerial data; and storing said ground-based data and said synthesized absolute measurements in a database along with other farming data collected across a wide geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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