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Yield prediction for a cornfield

US10984548B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

BASF Agro Trademarks GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Ruelberg · Overath, DE
Gregor Fischer · Overath, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2017
Grant date	Apr 20, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/30188
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for predicting the yield of a cornfield is presented. The method has the steps of positioning a digital camera at a defined distance above an average plane of ears of a cornfield, capturing a digital image of a section of the cornfield, determining the area of the captured cornfield section, determining the total area of the ears in the digital image compared to the total area of the digital image, and determining the yield of the field from the total area of the ears in the digital image compared to the total area of the digital image, the determined area of the captured cornfield section, the average grain weight of an ear, a total field area and a calibration factor.

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