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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2018
Applicant:

Pollen Systems Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Keith McCall, Sammamish, WA (US);

Carolyn Canterman, Seattle, WA (US);

Trina Nelson, Issaquah, WA (US);

Assignee:

Pollen Systems Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 17/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01G 17/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); G05D 1/101 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); H04N 5/247 (2013.01); B64C 2201/127 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10036 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments, a method for managing growing vine in a vineyard includes operating one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to fly over a plurality of sections of a vineyard. The UAVs are fitted with a plurality of cameras equipped to generate images in a plurality of spectrums. The plurality of sections of the vineyard grow vines of a plurality of varietals. The method further includes taking a plurality of aerial images of the sections of the vineyard in the plurality of spectrums, using the plurality of cameras, while the UAVs are flying over the plurality of sections of the vineyard, and executing an analyzer on a computing system to machine analyze the plurality of aerial images for anomalies associated with growing the vines of the plurality of varietals. The machine analysis takes into consideration topological information of the vineyard, as well as current planting information of the vineyard.


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