METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PRESCRIBE VARIABLE SEEDING DENSITY ACROSS A CULTIVATED FIELD USING REMOTELY SENSED DATA
First Claim
1. A method for prescribing variable seed density planting, the method comprising:
- obtaining first EOS data collected approximately on an estimated day (DOY′
) during a past crop-growing season in which NDVI* data most closely resembles a spatial-yield pattern measured during harvest in the past crop-growing season;
converting the first EOS data to first reflectance data and first NDVI data;
calculating first NDVI* data on a per pixel basis for the first EOS data based on the first NDVI data using satellite scene statistics of the first EOS data;
generating an NDVI* map for a first field using the first NDVI* data for the first EOS data; and
generating a variable seed density prescription map using the NDVI* map, the variable seed density prescription map being spatially defined.
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Abstract
A method for prescribing variable seed density planting. The method can include: obtaining first EOS data collected approximately on an estimated day (DOY′) during a past crop-growing season in which NDVI* data most closely resembles a spatial-yield pattern measured during harvest in the past crop-growing season; converting the first EOS data to first reflectance data and first NDVI data; calculating first NDVI* data on a per pixel basis for the first EOS data based on the first NDVI data using satellite scene statistics of the first EOS data; generating an NDVI* map for a first field using the first NDVI* data for the first EOS data; and generating a variable seed density prescription map using the NDVI* map. The variable seed density prescription map can be spatially defined. Other embodiments are provided.
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1. A method for prescribing variable seed density planting, the method comprising:
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obtaining first EOS data collected approximately on an estimated day (DOY′
) during a past crop-growing season in which NDVI* data most closely resembles a spatial-yield pattern measured during harvest in the past crop-growing season;converting the first EOS data to first reflectance data and first NDVI data; calculating first NDVI* data on a per pixel basis for the first EOS data based on the first NDVI data using satellite scene statistics of the first EOS data; generating an NDVI* map for a first field using the first NDVI* data for the first EOS data; and generating a variable seed density prescription map using the NDVI* map, the variable seed density prescription map being spatially defined. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for prescribing variable seed density planting, the system comprising:
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one or more processing modules; and one or more non-transitory memory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform the acts of; obtaining first EOS data collected approximately on an estimated day (DOY′
) during a past crop-growing season in which NDVI* data most closely resembles a spatial-yield pattern measured during harvest in the past crop-growing season;converting the first EOS data to first reflectance data and first NDVI data; calculating first NDVI* data on a per pixel basis for the first EOS data based on the first NDVI data using satellite scene statistics of the first EOS data; generating an NDVI* map for a first field using the first NDVI* data for the first EOS data; and generating a variable seed density prescription map using the NDVI* map, the variable seed density prescription map being spatially defined. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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