US 11,755,793 B2
Sub field moisture model improvement using overland flow modeling with shallow water computations
Asra Nizami, San Francisco, CA (US); Jennifer Holt, San Francisco, CA (US); Robert Ewing, San Francisco, CA (US); Steven De Gryze, San Francisco, CA (US); John Gates, Alameda, CA (US); Harish Sangireddy, San Francisco, CA (US); John Browning Burdick, Sammamish, WA (US); and Michael S. Byrns, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to CLIMATE LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Climate LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,483.
Application 17/528,483 is a continuation of application No. 16/555,267, filed on Aug. 29, 2019, granted, now 11,182,521.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/725,884, filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0237340 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01D 75/00 (2006.01); A01G 25/16 (2006.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/20 (2020.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01D 75/00 (2013.01); A01G 25/16 (2013.01); G05B 19/042 (2013.01); G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2625 (2013.01); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented data processing method for generating overland flow models, the method comprising:
executing a plurality of shallow water calculations using a depth-averaged integration over subfield geometry data to determine surface water depth data, surface water velocity data, and surface water discharge data for an agricultural field;
executing hardware-implemented kinematic wave approximation equations, over a 2D grid of the subfield geometry data, the surface water depth data, the surface water velocity data, and the surface water discharge data to generate an overland flow model that includes moisture levels for the agricultural field; and
based on, at least in part, the overland flow model, generating and causing displaying a visual graphical image of the agricultural field comprising a plurality of color pixels having color values corresponding to the moisture levels determined for the agricultural field.