Mobile station for unmanned vehicle
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1. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
- storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest;
communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest;
the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle;
collecting agronomic data, anddeveloping an agronomic management plan as a component of the integral management plan based on the collected agronomic data.
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Abstract
A mobile station for an unmanned vehicle comprises a vehicular storage area for storing a vehicle during transit or at rest. A first wireless transceiver communicates a status or command between the vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest. A station controller manages a management plan of the vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the vehicle, loading a payload on the vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the vehicle.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; collecting agronomic data, and developing an agronomic management plan as a component of the integral management plan based on the collected agronomic data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; collecting soil moisture data; determining location data corresponding to the collected soil moisture data; and creating an agronomic management plan that includes irrigating a material portion of a field if the corresponding collected soil moisture data falls below a certain threshold for the material portion, defined with respect to the location data.
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7. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; detecting nutrient concentration data in at least one of plant tissue samples and soil samples; determining location data corresponding to the detected nutrient concentration data; and creating an agronomic management plan that includes applying a deficient nutrient to a material portion of a field if the corresponding collected nutrient data falls below a certain threshold for the material portion, defined with respect to the location data.
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8. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; detecting a plant disease by gathering one or more sample images of crops, with or without magnification; transmitting the gathered images to a lab for analysis, if the gathered images do not indicate the presence of a plant disease with a desired level of reliability; and determining location data corresponding to the gathered images.
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9. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; detecting a plant disease by gathering one or more samples of crop tissue and testing the tissue for the presence of a defined gene sequence indicative of a corresponding pathogen; determining location data corresponding to the gathered samples; and creating a management plan that includes spraying a microbicide or fungicide in a material portion of the field if the corresponding test indicates the presence of the pathogen.
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10. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; electromagnetically detecting a level of chlorophyll content of crop vegetation; determining location data corresponding to the detected level of chlorophyll content; and conducting plant disease detection and nitrate concentration readings in a material region where the detected level of chlorophyll falls below a certain threshold level, the material region defined with reference to the location data.
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11. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and determining position data for the vehicle within an interior of the mobile station with reference to at least one of a recharging system, a loading system, and a retooling system.
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12. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and storing a payload for disbursement in a designated field in accordance with an agricultural management plan.
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13. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and opening a door of the mobile station upon receipt of a vehicle identifier transmitted by the vehicle.
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14. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and determining whether an intrusion event has occurred and reporting the intrusion event to an end user via a communications network, the intrusion event comprising a person or entity violating a boundary or perimeter about the mobile station.
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15. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and engaging a first coupling unit attached to the vehicle to a second coupling unit attached to a transportable module and engagable with the first coupling unit, the transportable module comprising at least one of an implement, a tool, a payload, and a crop input. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle; and shipping the mobile station after a particular task is completed, the particular task being selected from plowing, seeding, planting, fertilizing, harvesting, and spraying, moving soil, transporting material, removing material, a construction task, a turf-care task, mowing, removing grass, sand-trap raking, removing fallen leaves, removing trash, supplying military supplies, disposing of ordinance, collecting hazardous waste, inspecting soil for bio-hazard contamination, and detecting land mines.
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18. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle, wherein retooling the unmanned vehicle further comprises; retooling the unmanned vehicle with at least one implement from a revolving storage device having payloads and implements associated with the payloads.
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19. A method for operating an unmanned vehicle, the method comprising:
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storing an unmanned vehicle in a mobile station during transit or at rest; communicating a status or command between the unmanned vehicle and the mobile station during at least one of vehicular deployment and rest; and the mobile station managing an integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprising at least one of retooling the unmanned vehicle, loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle, wherein the integral management plan of the unmanned vehicle comprises the retooling the unmanned vehicle, the loading a payload on the unmanned vehicle, and the recharging or refueling of the unmanned vehicle.
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