Optical real-time soil sensor and auto-calibration methods
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1. A method for application of an agricultural product to a field, the method comprising:
- acquiring real-time sampled data using real-time agricultural sensors, wherein the real-time agricultural sensors include a soil sensor;
auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate; and
applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate.
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Abstract
A method for application of an agricultural product to a field, the method includes acquiring real-time sampled data using real-time agricultural sensors, wherein the real-time agricultural sensors include a soil sensor, auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate, and applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate.
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1. A method for application of an agricultural product to a field, the method comprising:
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acquiring real-time sampled data using real-time agricultural sensors, wherein the real-time agricultural sensors include a soil sensor; auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate; and applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for application of an agricultural product to a field, the apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of real-time agricultural sensors; a control unit in operative communication with the plurality of real-time agricultural sensors, the control unit configured to perform steps of (a) acquiring real-time sampled data using the real-time agricultural sensors, (b) auto-calibrating the real-time agricultural sensors using statistical characteristics of the real-time sampled data to determine an application rate, and (c) applying the agricultural product to the field based on the application rate; and wherein at least one of the plurality of real-time agricultural sensors is a soil sensor. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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