US 11,812,681 B2
Precision treatment of agricultural objects on a moving platform
Gabriel Thurston Sibley, Menlo Park, CA (US); Curtis Dale Garner, Modesto, CA (US); Andre Robert Daniel Michelin, Topanga, CA (US); Lorenzo Ibarria, Dublin, CA (US); Patrick Christopher Leger, Belmont, CA (US); Benjamin Rewis, Oakland, CA (US); and Shi Yan, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Verdant Robotics, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by Verdant Robotics, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/867,676.
Application 17/867,676 is a continuation of application No. 17/707,769, filed on Mar. 29, 2022.
Application 17/707,769 is a continuation of application No. 16/724,266, filed on Dec. 21, 2019, granted, now 11,308,323, issued on Apr. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0351508 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06F 18/243 (2023.01); G06V 20/00 (2022.01)
CPC A01B 69/001 (2013.01) [A01B 69/004 (2013.01); A01C 21/007 (2013.01); G05D 1/0212 (2013.01); G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G06F 18/243 (2023.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/38 (2022.01); G05D 2201/0201 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating within a geographic boundary comprising:
accessing data representing one or more subsets of agricultural objects of an agricultural projectile delivery system;
accessing data representing one or more policies, at least one policy associated with a type of action for an agricultural object;
identifying, via one or more sensors, one or more agricultural objects of a first classified subset;
determining a position of one or more emitters within the geographic boundary,
selecting a first emitter of the one or more emitters to perform the type of action for the agricultural object as one of the first classified subset including emitting an agricultural projectile as the first emitter traverses one or more paths within the geographic boundary; and
configuring the agricultural projectile delivery system to activate the first emitter to propel the agricultural projectile to intercept the agricultural object.