Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vine growing management method and apparatus with autonomous vehicles
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Application No.: US16128309Application Date: 2018-09-11
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Publication No.: US10660277B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: Keith McCall , Carolyn Canterman , Trina Nelson
- Applicant: Pollen Systems Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: Pollen Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee: Pollen Systems Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: A01G17/02
- IPC: A01G17/02 ; B64C39/02 ; G05D1/10 ; G05D1/00 ; H04N5/247 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
In some embodiments, a method for managing growing vine in a vineyard includes operating one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to fly over a plurality of sections of a vineyard. The UAVs are fitted with a plurality of cameras equipped to generate images in a plurality of spectrums. The plurality of sections of the vineyard grow vines of a plurality of varietals. The method further includes taking a plurality of aerial images of the sections of the vineyard in the plurality of spectrums, using the plurality of cameras, while the UAVs are flying over the plurality of sections of the vineyard, and executing an analyzer on a computing system to machine analyze the plurality of aerial images for anomalies associated with growing the vines of the plurality of varietals. The machine analysis takes into consideration topological information of the vineyard, as well as current planting information of the vineyard.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200077601A1 Vine Growing Management Method and Apparatus With Autonomous Vehicles Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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