APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IN-FIELD DATA COLLECTION AND SAMPLING
First Claim
1. A mobile analytic system, said system comprising:
- a mobile platform structured and operable to transverse a field including a plurality of plots and at least one plot including a plurality of plants;
a computer based data processing system; and
an analytics suite disposed on the mobile platform, the analytic suite comprising;
at least a portion of the data processing system;
at least one data collection device structured and operable to acquire and communicate data to the data processing system in real-time;
at least one location positioning system structured and operable to acquire data for the location of the mobile platform as the mobile platform traverses the field, and the location of at least one of a perimeter of the field, a perimeter of at least one plot, and a location of at least one plant within the field and within the respective plot, whereinthe data processing system is structured and operable to, in real-time, receive, store and analyze data acquired by the system, such data including the acquired image data, and associate and store location data with at least one bit of data acquired.
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Abstract
A mobile platform structured and operable to perform: in-field phenotype and/or genotype data acquisition; image data acquisition; tissue sampling; selection and/or counting of plants growing in a plot; plant height measurement; product and treatment application to plants growing in the plot (e.g., prescriptive and localized insecticide products); sampling of soil where such plants are growing; removal of weeds in such plots; and real-time analysis of all such data and/or samples acquired/collected. Additionally, when combined with location positioning technology and path planning, such a vehicle is further structured and operable to re-enter a field numerous times throughout a season to accurately and repeatably monitor growing conditions, plant response or prescriptive application of a product.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile analytic system, said system comprising:
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a mobile platform structured and operable to transverse a field including a plurality of plots and at least one plot including a plurality of plants; a computer based data processing system; and an analytics suite disposed on the mobile platform, the analytic suite comprising; at least a portion of the data processing system; at least one data collection device structured and operable to acquire and communicate data to the data processing system in real-time; at least one location positioning system structured and operable to acquire data for the location of the mobile platform as the mobile platform traverses the field, and the location of at least one of a perimeter of the field, a perimeter of at least one plot, and a location of at least one plant within the field and within the respective plot, wherein the data processing system is structured and operable to, in real-time, receive, store and analyze data acquired by the system, such data including the acquired image data, and associate and store location data with at least one bit of data acquired. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. The system of claim 4, wherein the at least one data collection device of the analytics suite comprises at least one imaging device for acquiring at least one of two-dimensional image data, three-dimensional image data, and line-scan image data for at least one of:
- the at least one plant;
at least one animal; and
at least one microbe. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- the at least one plant;
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10. A method for performing in-field data acquisition regarding one or more characteristic of at least one of a plurality of plants within a field, said method comprising:
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mapping, in real-time, a geospatial location of at least one plant growing in a field, utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) of a mobile analytics system, as a mobile platform of the mobile analytics system traverses the field; acquiring, in real-time, various data associated with the at least one plant as the mobile platform traverses the field utilizing various devices of an analytics suite of the mobile analytics system, wherein the data comprises at least image data of the at least one plant acquired via at least one imaging device of the analytics suite; associating and storing, in real-time, location data with at least one bit of data acquired, via a data processing system of the mobile analytics system; analyzing, in real-time, the acquired data, via the data processing system, to determine at least one of; at least one genotypic characteristic of the at least one plant, at least one phenotypic characteristic of the at least one plant; and at least one plant performance characteristic of the at least one plant; determining, in real-time, via the data processing system, whether a responsive course of action is needed to be implemented by the mobile analytics system based on the analyzed data; and carrying out, in real-time, via the mobile analytics system, the determined responsive course of action. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for performing in-field data acquisition regarding one or more characteristic of at least one of a plurality of plants within a field, said method comprising:
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mapping, in real-time, a geospatial location of at least one plant growing in a field, utilizing a global positioning system (GPS) of a mobile analytics system, as a mobile platform of the mobile analytics system traverses the field; acquiring, in real-time, various data for the at least one plant as the mobile platform traverses the field utilizing various devices of an analytics suite of the mobile analytics system, wherein the data comprises at least image data of the at least one plant acquired via at least on imaging device of the analytics suite; associating and storing, in real-time, location data with each bit of data acquired, via a data processing system of the mobile analytics system; analyzing, in real-time, the acquired data, via the data processing system, to determine at least one of; at least one genotypic characteristic of the at least plant, and at least one phenotypic characteristic of the at least one plant, wherein the analysis of the acquired data comprises utilizing historical data acquired and stored during at least one previous operational traversal of the field by the mobile analytics system; determining, in real-time, via the data processing system, whether a responsive course of action is needed to be implemented by the mobile analytics system based on the analyzed data; and carrying out, in real-time, via the mobile analytics system, the determined responsive course of action. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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