Precision Harvesting for Orchard Crops
Mapping of individual trees Optimization of orchard management
Precision harvesting and analysis techniques for orchard crops
Modern agriculture methods use hybrid seeds and advanced equipment to increase production. These methods, however, are unintegrated and do not provide information on the yield of individual trees. This makes tree specific management impossible. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an apparatus for precision harvesting and analysis techniques for orchard crops. The apparatus provides the combination of both yield determination and tree positional information, as well as the necessary data recording capabilities, to determine individual tree yield. This information can be used to relate environmental factors to individual trees, further improving production and yield.
Patent Number: US7211745B1
Application Number: US2004897414A
Inventor: Brown, Patrick H. | Rosa, Uriel A. | Upadhyaya, Shrini
Priority Date: 22 Jul 2003
Priority Number: US7211745B1
Application Date: 21 Jul 2004
Publication Date: 1 May 2007
IPC Current: G01G001322
US Class: 177001 | 0563401 | 177083 | 177121 | 177145 | 177199 | 222056 | 222077
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: Precision harvesting and analysis techniques for crops
Usefulness: Precision harvesting and analysis techniques for crops
Summary: For weighing crops e.g. nuts such as pistachios and almonds, and fruits such as oranges and apples used in creating yield maps for crops from trees.
Novelty: Crops weighing method for creating crop yield maps, involves stopping crop transport apparatus temporarily from loading crop into electronic weight bucket for weighing and unloading weighed crop by automatically manipulating EWB
Agriculture
Food
7211745
Additional Technologies by these Inventors Tech ID/UC Case 27434/2003-419-0 Related Cases 2003-419-0
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