CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
First Claim
1. A landscape map populating, landscape management and automatic landscape management action signal generating method comprising:
- populating an area of a map of a zone with information about a first plant associated with the area;
receiving from a first sensor located in the zone, by a module comprising an automated processor, first data regarding the first plant;
comparing, by the module comprising the automated processor, the first data with reference data of a plant of a same type as the first plant, and automatically making a determination, based on the comparing, regarding a landscape management action for the area; and
transmitting automatically a signal indicating the landscape management action for the area according to the determination.
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Abstract
A landscape management method is disclosed. The method may include: populating an area of a map with information about a plant, for example a grass or a lawn, associated with the area; receiving from a sensor located in the zone, first data regarding the plant; comparing automatically, the first data with reference data of a plant of a same type as the plant, and making a determination, based on the comparing, regarding a landscape management action for the area; and transmitting a signal indicating the landscape management action for the area according to the determination. The comparing may entail image processing to determine vigor of the plant. Vigor may be determined by judging leaf width, coloration, or folding of leaves or blades with respect to a stolon or midvein or by other changes in leaf geometry. Repeated data sampling to identify and judge trends in plant health and condition may also be used.
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1. A landscape map populating, landscape management and automatic landscape management action signal generating method comprising:
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populating an area of a map of a zone with information about a first plant associated with the area; receiving from a first sensor located in the zone, by a module comprising an automated processor, first data regarding the first plant; comparing, by the module comprising the automated processor, the first data with reference data of a plant of a same type as the first plant, and automatically making a determination, based on the comparing, regarding a landscape management action for the area; and transmitting automatically a signal indicating the landscape management action for the area according to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A landscape map populating, landscape management and automatic landscape management action signal generating module comprising an automated processor communicatively connected to a first sensor located in a zone, the module comprising:
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a populating data receiving module configured to receive populating data about a first plant associated with an area of a map of the zone; a sensor data receiving module configured to receive, from the first sensor, first data regarding the first plant; the sensor data receiving module configured to receive, from the first sensor, at a time remote from a time of the receipt of the first data, second data regarding the first plant; an analyzer configured to compare automatically the first data with reference data of a plant of a same type as the first plant, and to judge a trend in a condition of the first plant by comparing the first data with the second data; the analyzer configured to determine automatically, based on the judging, a landscape management action for the area; and the module configured to transmit automatically a signal indicating the landscape management action according to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A landscape map populating, landscape management and automatic landscape management action signal generating system comprising an automated processor communicatively connected to a first sensor located in a zone, the system comprising:
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a populating data receiving module configured to receive populating data about a first plant and location data for associating the first plant with a first area of a map of the zone; a sensor data receiving module configured to receive at a first time, from the first sensor, first data regarding a condition obtaining in the first area; the sensor data receiving module configured to receive, from the first sensor, at a time subsequent to and remote from the first time, second data regarding the condition obtaining in the first area; an analyzer configured to compare automatically the first data with the second data and to judge a trend in the condition in the first area; the analyzer configured to determine automatically, based on the judging, a landscape management action for the area; and the system configured to transmit automatically a signal indicating the landscape management action according to the determination. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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