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Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2017
Applicant:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Inventors:

Matthew J. Flood, Dubuque, IA (US);

Mark J. Cherney, Dubuque, IA (US);

Andrew W. Kahler, Moline, IL (US);

Richard Lawler, Dubuque, IA (US);

Assignee:

Deere & Company, Moline, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); A01G 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); A01G 23/00 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes generating an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control signal to fly the UAV over a worksite and capture imagery information at different geographic locations. The imagery information is used to generate a tree inventory metric that indicates a tree inventory at the worksite, or is used to generate a productivity metric that identifies a productivity category for a geographic location at the worksite. The method also generates an action signal based on the tree inventory metric or productivity metric, such as an action signal to deploy machines to different geographic location, or an action signal to update a worksite completion metric.


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