Wide-area agricultural monitoring and prediction
First Claim
1. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
- a first reporting agent configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias;
a second reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and
a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and
a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data, wherein said synthesizing absolute measurements further comprises;
using a plant growth model to propagate said ground-based data forward orbackward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data,wherein said processor is further configured to generate a prescription for an application of chemicals to an agricultural field based in part on said synthesized absolute measurements, and wherein a physical crop treatment applicator is configured to apply said chemicals to said agricultural field based on said generated prescription for the application of chemicals.
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Abstract
A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction comprises a first reporting agent a second reporting agent a database, and a processor. The first reporting agent is configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias. The second reporting is configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area. The database is configured for storing the absolute measurement data and the relative measurement data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area. The processor is configured for accessing the database and using the ground-based data for the portion of the geographic area to calibrate the aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for the geographic area from the aerial data.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
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a first reporting agent configured for reporting aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias; a second reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data, wherein said synthesizing absolute measurements further comprises; using a plant growth model to propagate said ground-based data forward or backward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data, wherein said processor is further configured to generate a prescription for an application of chemicals to an agricultural field based in part on said synthesized absolute measurements, and wherein a physical crop treatment applicator is configured to apply said chemicals to said agricultural field based on said generated prescription for the application of chemicals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for agricultural monitoring and prediction, said system comprising:
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a data source of aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, the relative measurements having an unknown bias; a reporting agent configured for reporting ground-based data representing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for a portion of the geographic area; and a database configured for storing said ground-based data and said aerial data along with other farming data for a wide geographic area; and a processor configured for accessing the database and using said ground-based data for the portion of said geographic area to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of the agricultural metric for said geographic area from said aerial data, wherein said synthesizing absolute measurements further comprises; using a plant growth model to propagate said ground-based data forward or backward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data, wherein said processor is further configured to generate a prescription for an application of chemicals to an agricultural field based in part on said synthesized absolute measurements, and wherein a physical crop treatment applicator is configured to apply said chemicals to said agricultural field based on said generated prescription for the application of chemicals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon which, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method of agricultural monitoring and prediction, said method comprising:
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obtaining aerial data representing relative measurements of an agricultural metric in a geographic area, said aerial data having an unknown bias; obtaining ground-based data representing absolute measurements of said agricultural metric within said geographic area; using said ground-based data to calibrate said aerial data, thereby synthesizing absolute measurements of said agricultural metric in parts of said geographic area from said aerial data;
wherein said synthesizing absolute measurements further comprises;using a plant growth model to propagate said ground-based data forward or backward in time as needed to compare it with non-contemporaneous aerial data; storing said ground-based data and said synthesized absolute measurements in a database along with other farming data collected across a wide geographic area and generating a prescription for an application of chemicals to an agricultural field based in part on said synthesized absolute measurements, and wherein a physical crop treatment applicator is configured to apply said chemicals to said agricultural field based on said generated prescription for the application of chemicals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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