Abstract: A vegetative health mapping system which creates two- or three-dimensional maps and associates moisture content, soil density, ambient light, surface temperature, and/or additional indications of vegetative health with the map. Moisture content is inferred using radar return signals of near-field and/or far-field radar. By tuning various parameters of the one or more radar (e.g. frequency, focus, power), additional data may be associated with the map from subterranean features (such as rocks, soil density, sprinklers, etc.). Additional sensors (camera(s), lidar, IMU, GPS, etc.) may be fused with radar returns to generate maps having associated moisture content, surface temperature, ambient light levels, additional indications of vegetative health (as may be determined by machine learned algorithms), etc. Such vegetative health maps may be provided to a user who, in turn, may indicate additional areas for the vegetative health device to scan or otherwise used to recommend and/or perform treatments.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 12, 2021
Assignee:
SCYTHE ROBOTICS, INC.
Inventors:
John Gordon Morrison, Davis Thorp Foster, Isaac Roberts
Inventors:
Robert Johnstone McCutcheon, IV, John Gordon Morrison, Isaac Heath Roberts, Kevin Peter McGlade, Davis Thorp Foster, Matthew Alexander Kaplan, Zachary Austin Goins, Matthew G. Quick