Identifying management zones in agricultural fields and generating planting plans for the zones
US11160220B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2019 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/45017
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, yield data representing yields of crops that have been harvested from an agricultural field and field characteristics data representing characteristics of the agricultural field is received and used to determine a plurality of management zone delineation options. Each option, of the plurality of management zone delineation options, comprises zone layout data for an option. The plurality of management zone delineation options is determined by: determining a plurality of count values for a management class count; generating, for each count value, a management delineation option by clustering the yield data from and the field characteristics data, assigning zones to clusters, and including the zones in a management zone delineation option. One or more options from the plurality of management zone delineation options are selected and used to determine one or more planting plans. A graphical representation of the options and the planting plans is displayed for a user.
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