Abstract: An apparatus for managing agricultural crops includes a vehicle and a user interface. The vehicle includes a navigation system, one or more vision systems, one or more removal tools, and a control system. The control system can include a data processing system, a data storage system, and a targeting system. The apparatus can be used to carry out one or more methods for managing agricultural crops, such as, for example, utilizing the vision system to capture images of an item to be targeted for removal by the removal tool, and utilizing the control system to process the images and position the removal tool to remove the item.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2021
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2024
Assignee:
Insighttrac, LLC
Inventors:
Anna Margaret Haldewang, Benjamin David Zuiderveen, Robert James Sullivan, II, Dayna Douglas Beal, Constantine Fanourakis
Abstract: An apparatus for managing agricultural crops includes a vehicle and a user interface. The vehicle includes a navigation system, one or more vision systems, one or more removal tools, and a control system. The control system can include a data processing system, a data storage system, and a targeting system. The apparatus can be used to carry out one or more methods for managing agricultural crops, such as, for example, utilizing the vision system to capture images of an item to be targeted for removal by the removal tool, and utilizing the control system to process the images and position the removal tool to remove the item.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 1, 2023
Publication date:
December 21, 2023
Applicant:
Insighttrac, LLC
Inventors:
Anna Margaret Haldewang, Benjamin David Zuiderveen, Robert James Sullivan, II, Dayna Douglas Beal, Constantine Fanourakis, Jordi Alejandro Lucero