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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond M. O'Connor, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ivan Giovanni Di Federico, Argenta, IT;
Assignee:
Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., Livermore, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G06Q 10/00 (2012.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); A01C 23/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 23/047 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/104 (2013.01); B64C 2201/024 (2013.01); B64C 2201/108 (2013.01); B64C 2201/123 (2013.01); B64C 2201/141 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones in combination with agricultural equipment, e.g., an agricultural boom sprayer, to evaluate the crops being farmed, and to improve the real-time delivery and dispensing of liquid from the sprayer including monitoring and verifying that the liquid is being dispensed correctly and/or in accordance with a desired distribution pattern or level.