Agricultural situational awareness tool

US10402835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• John G. Benkert · Acton, US
• William J. Kyker · Sterling, US
• Michael P. Sica · Oak Hill, US
• Jason Dudash · Arlington, US
• Joseph L. Shivers · Garland, US
• Justin Ray · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for collecting and analyzing agricultural data. A team of crop scouts performs a scouting operation in a farm, each crop scout interacting with a mobile device. The mobile device provides a navigation display guiding the scout along a route, from one data collection point to the next. At each data collection point, the crop scout makes observations and measurements and inputs the corresponding data into the mobile device. A control operator at a central location monitors the progress of the scouting operation and revises the routes or locations of data collection points when appropriate, based on data received during the scouting operation. A cloud service analyzes the data and provides recommendations to a farm operator.