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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2018
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
David C. Slaughter, Davis, CA (US);
Durham K. Giles, Davis, CA (US);
Steven A. Fennimore, Salinas, CA (US);
Thuy T. Nguyen, Davis, CA (US);
Vivian Vuong, Davis, CA (US);
Leland Neilson, Woodland, CA (US);
Ryan Billing, Sacramento, CA (US);
Jedediah I. Roach, Sacramento, CA (US);
Burt Vannucci, Davis, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A crop signaling method and machine-based crop recognition system and methods are disclosed to detect a unique optical crop signal selectively applied to crop plants, allowing automatic differentiation of crop plants from weeds and the automatic creation of a high spatial resolution crop and weed plant map, along with automated plant management tasks.