Methods and apparatus for precision agriculture operations utilizing real time kinematic global positioning system systems

Real time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) technology is integrated with precision farming methodologies to provide highly accurate seeding, cultivating, planting and/or harvesting operations. RTK GPS systems are used to control fully or semi-autonomous vehicles in these operations an...

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Hauptverfasser:	NICHOLS MARK E, KELLER RUSSELL J, LANGE ARTHUR F
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ANIMAL HUSBANDRY DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES FERTILISING FISHING FORESTRY GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES ORIMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL PHYSICS PLANTING RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY SOWING TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TESTING TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	Real time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) technology is integrated with precision farming methodologies to provide highly accurate seeding, cultivating, planting and/or harvesting operations. RTK GPS systems are used to control fully or semi-autonomous vehicles in these operations and may allow for precision planting of seeds (e.g., from a seeder equipped with an RTK GPS receiver and related equipment) and/or precision weed removal (e.g., using a vehicle fitted with weed eradication mechanisms such as augers and/or herbicide sprayers). Crop specific fertilizer/pesticide application is also enabled through the use of centimeter-level accurate positioning techniques.