Electronic tag configured to sense a plant environment
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1. An electronic tag for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
- an electronic tag including an interrogation interface, a microcontroller, and memory circuitry;
a sensing circuit operatively coupled to the microcontroller and configured to sense a parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; and
a package for the electronic tag, the package including at least one fluid receiving volume in operative communication with the sensing circuit.
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Abstract
A system for tracking at least one plant includes an electronic tag including an interrogation interface and memory circuitry and a package for the electronic tag, the package being configured for physical association with at least one corresponding plant.
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70 Claims
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1. An electronic tag for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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an electronic tag including an interrogation interface, a microcontroller, and memory circuitry; a sensing circuit operatively coupled to the microcontroller and configured to sense a parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; and a package for the electronic tag, the package including at least one fluid receiving volume in operative communication with the sensing circuit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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in an electronic tag including an interrogation interface, a memory circuit, a sensing circuit, and a microcontroller operatively coupled to the interrogation interface, the memory circuit, and the sensing circuit; sensing at least one parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; receiving an electronic tag interrogation signal through the interrogation interface; responsive to the interrogation signal, storing in the memory circuit, data corresponding to the sensed at least one parameter without transmitting the data corresponding to the sensed at least one parameter. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for monitoring the environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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transmitting an electronic tag interrogation signal to an electronic tag including a memory circuit, and a sensing circuit operatively coupled to the environment of a plant; receiving data from the electronic tag corresponding to at least one sensed environmental parameter; transmitting electronic tag interrogation signals to a plurality of electronic tags operatively coupled to the environments of a corresponding plurality of at least one plants; receiving a substantially corresponding plurality of data from the plurality of electronic tags corresponding to the at least one plant environments; analyzing the plurality of data and determining a substantially uniform schedule for a particular treatment as a function of the plurality of data. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system for sensing growth conditions of at least one plant, comprising:
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a plurality of deployable radio frequency tags, at least a portion of the plurality of deployable radio frequency tags configured to sense the environment of at least one plant; at least one interrogator configured to interrogate the plurality of deployable radio frequency tags, the at least one interrogator including at least a plurality of antennas configured to interrogate the plurality of radio frequency tags in a plant care volume greater than the interrogation range of a single antenna; a computing resource coupled to receive a signal from the at least one interrogator and operable to support execution of a computer program configured to; interrogate at least one of the plurality of deployable radio frequency tags to receive at least one parameter value, the parameter value corresponding to the sensed environment of the at least one plant; determine at least one treatment schedule for the at least one plant. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for monitoring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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transmitting an electronic tag interrogation signal to an electronic tag including a sensing circuit operatively coupled to the environment of a plant; receiving data from the electronic tag corresponding to at least two sensed environmental parameters; and calculating a combination environmental parameter from the at least two sensed environmental parameters. - View Dependent Claims (66)
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67. A method for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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in an electronic tag including an interrogation interface and a sensing circuit; sensing at least one parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; receiving an electronic tag interrogation signal through the interrogation interface; and removing a cover to allow communication between the environment of at least one plant and at least a portion of a sensing circuit.
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68. A method for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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in an electronic tag including an interrogation interface and a sensing circuit; sensing at least one parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; receiving an electronic tag interrogation signal through the interrogation interface; and receiving at least one first fluid from the environment of the at least one plant in at least one first fluid receiving volume; wherein the sensed parameter is sensed from the at least one first fluid in the at least one first fluid receiving volume.
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69. A method for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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in an electronic tag including an interrogation interface and a sensing circuit; sensing at least one parameter using at least one electrode array that corresponds to the environment of at least one plant, wherein sensing at least one parameter further includes selecting at least one gap size from an electrode array including at least two gap sizes; receiving an electronic tag interrogation signal through the interrogation interface; and sensing the conductivity of at least one fluid having a conductivity in a range corresponding to the selected at least one gap size.
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70. A method for measuring an environment of at least one plant, comprising:
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in an electronic tag including an interrogation interface and a sensing circuit; sensing at least one parameter corresponding to the environment of at least one plant; receiving an electronic tag interrogation signal through the interrogation interface; and operating at least one test circuit configured to verify the operation of the sensing circuit.
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