Real-time field mapping for autonomous agricultural platform
US10070577B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 8, 2017 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05D1/246
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of using an unmanned agricultural robot to generate an anticipatory geospatial data map of the positions of annual crop rows planted within a perimeter of an agricultural field, the method including the step of creating a geospatial data map of an agricultural field by plotting actual annual crop row positions in a portion of the geospatial data map that corresponds to a starting point observation window, and filling in a remainder of the geospatial data map with anticipated annual crop row positions corresponding to the annual crop rows outside of the starting point observation window, and refining the geospatial data map by replacing the anticipated annual crop row positions with measured actual annual crop row positions when an unexpected obstacle is encountered.
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