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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROP THINNING WITH FERTILIZER

  • US 20140021267A1
  • Filed: 07/23/2013
  • Published: 01/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for crop thinning with fertilizer comprising:

  • a camera configured to capture images from an agricultural field;

    a sprayer configured to selectively spray fertilizer on said agricultural field;

    a computer coupled with said camera and said sprayer wherein said computer is configured to obtain an image from said camera;

    process said image to determine locations of plants in said image;

    determine a first set of locations of plants to spray with said fertilizer to kill said first set of locations of plants and determine a second set of locations of plants to not kill;

    set a first amount of fertilizer to spray said first set of locations of plants with that is sufficient to kill said first set of locations of plants and spray said first set of locations of plants.

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