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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
May. 23, 2019
Blue River Technology Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Lee Kamp Redden, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Erik Ehn, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Michael Fleming, San Francisco, CA (US);
BLUE RIVER TECHNOLOGY INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A boom sprayer includes any number of components to treat plants as the boom sprayer travels through a plant field. The components take actions to treat plants or facilitate treating plants. The boom sprayer includes any number of sensors to measure the state of the boom sprayer as the boom sprayer treats plants. The boom sprayer includes a control system to generate actions for the components to treat plants in the field. The control system includes an agent executing a model that functions to improve the performance of the boom sprayer treating plants. Performance improvement can be measured by the sensors of the boom sprayer. The model is an artificial neural network that receives measurements as inputs and generates actions that improve performance as outputs. The artificial neural network is trained using actor-critic reinforcement learning techniques.