System and Process for Crop Scouting and Pest Cure Recommendation
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1. A process for crop scouting and pest cure recommendation comprising the following steps:
- identifying and marking geo-location of insects, weeds, diseases, or other remarkable conditions;
reporting findings to a customer;
providing product and application recommendations to the customer for curing remarkable conditions; and
maintaining a history file to determine trends and treatment programs,wherein the process is executed on a portable computing device equipped with a global positioning system.
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Abstract
A process and system implemented on a portable computing device, which is equipped with a global positioning system, for crop scouting and pest cure recommendation. The process or system provides Farm Scout, Agronomist and Sales Personnel with an ability to: (1) easily identify and mark the geo-location of insects, weeds, diseases or other remarkable conditions; (2) report findings to customers in a concise format; (3) provide product and application recommendations to customers for curing remarkable conditions; and (4) maintain easily accessible history files used to determine trends and successful treatment programs.
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1. A process for crop scouting and pest cure recommendation comprising the following steps:
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identifying and marking geo-location of insects, weeds, diseases, or other remarkable conditions; reporting findings to a customer; providing product and application recommendations to the customer for curing remarkable conditions; and maintaining a history file to determine trends and treatment programs, wherein the process is executed on a portable computing device equipped with a global positioning system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for croup scouting and pest cure recommendation comprising
a geo-location module for identifying and making geo-location of insects, weeds, diseases, or other remarkable conditions; -
a reporting module for reporting findings to a customer; a recommendation module for providing product and application recommendations for curing remarkable conditions to the customer; and a history module for maintaining a history file to determine trends and treatment programs, wherein the system is implemented on a portable computing device equipped with a global positioning system module. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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25. The system of 23 wherein the geo-location module comprises
means to take the digital photograph or digital video of remarkable conditions, and means to associate the photograph or video with the dropped pin.
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26. The system of 23 wherein the geo-location module is capable of automatic identification by a digital object recognition method and comprises:
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means to download the digital photograph taken by the camera; means to compare the digital photograph to a file of known agricultural pests or weeds; and means to select a known agricultural pest or weed that exemplifies the characteristics of the digital photograph.
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