METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING, UPDATING AND EXECUTING A CROP-HARVESTING PLAN
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a crop-harvesting plan generator that includes a memory and a processor, crop information regarding harvesting crops from at least one of a user, a manager, a database, and a data feed;
receiving, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, image data from a remote sensor;
determining crop moisture levels using the image data;
determining, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, a crop maturity level using the crop moisture levels;
determining, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, plan scores using the crop information and crop moisture levels;
automatically generating, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, one or more crop-harvesting plans for harvesting crops in one or more fields using the plan scores; and
automatically providing, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, the crop-harvesting plan to the user via the communication network.
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Abstract
Crop-harvesting plans automatically generated based on crop-harvesting information received from a variety of sources, such as a user, remote sensor, database, data feed and/or a social network. The crop-harvesting plans may dynamically aid farmers and other production agriculture professionals when determining a crop-harvesting plan and then implementing that crop-harvesting plan. Crop-harvesting plans may include a variety of recommended crop-harvesting practices, logistics, sequences and projected outcomes for the implementation of the recommended crop-harvesting plan.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a crop-harvesting plan generator that includes a memory and a processor, crop information regarding harvesting crops from at least one of a user, a manager, a database, and a data feed; receiving, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, image data from a remote sensor; determining crop moisture levels using the image data; determining, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, a crop maturity level using the crop moisture levels; determining, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, plan scores using the crop information and crop moisture levels; automatically generating, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, one or more crop-harvesting plans for harvesting crops in one or more fields using the plan scores; and automatically providing, by the crop-harvesting plan generator, the crop-harvesting plan to the user via the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a crop-harvesting plan generator that includes a memory and a processor; a data input configured to receive crop moisture levels from at least one of a remote sensor and an unmanned aircraft system, wherein the crop moisture levels are determined using image data obtained by the at least one of the remote sensor and the unmanned aircraft system, and wherein the crop-harvesting plan generator is configured to determine a crop maturity status using the crop moisture levels; one or more scoring matrices implemented on the memory, wherein the crop-harvesting plan generator is configured to automatically generate, utilizing the one or more scoring matrices, one or more crop-harvesting plans for harvesting a crop in a field using at least the crop maturity status; and a data output configured to provide the one or more crop-harvesting plans to a user interface via a communication network, wherein the user interface is configured to output the one or more crop-harvesting plans to the user. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable media including a set of instructions stored thereon which when executed by a computer enable the computer to receive information regarding crop-harvesting from at least one of a user, a manager, a database, and a data feed, and crop moisture levels from a remote sensor via a communication network, generate a crop maturity status using the crop moisture levels, generate a plurality of crop-harvesting plans for harvesting seeds using the received information and the crop maturity status, evaluate the plurality of crop-harvesting plans according to one or more criterion, calculate a score for each crop-harvesting plan according to the evaluation, wherein the crop-harvesting plans are ranked according to their score as compared to a benchmark, select a crop-harvesting plan responsively to the evaluation, and provide the crop-harvesting plan to the user via the communication network, wherein the crop moisture levels are determined using image data obtained by the remote sensor.
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