IP Library Granted Patent US 12696851
Granted Patent B2
US 12696851 · App. 18/671,841 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Systems and methods for rendering disease data for agricultural fields through improved interfaces

Inventors: Matt Dimmic (Wildwood, MO); Thomas Eickhoff (Dardenne Prairie, MO); Laura Hess (Albany, CA); Hunter Merrill (Saint Charles, MO)
Assignee: MONSANTO COMPANY
A01G7/06G06F3/0481
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Patent No.
US 12696851
App. No.
18/671,841
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for directing crop disease treatments to agricultural fields. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving a user input from a user at a communication device associated with an interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease in a plurality of agricultural fields and, in response, determining a likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for ones of the plurality of agricultural fields. The method then also includes generating an interface indicative of the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease in the ones of the plurality of agricultural fields and causing the interface to be displayed at the communication device associated with the user.

Claims (135)

1 . A computer-implemented method for directing crop disease treatments to a plurality of agricultural fields, the computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a user input from a user at a communication device associated with an interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease in a plurality of agricultural fields;

accessing, by the computing device, data associated with the agricultural fields and a disease model, the data associated with the agricultural fields including disease observation data indicative of an observation of the first disease in a first field of the agricultural fields, the disease observation data including a temporal indicator, an identifier of the first disease, and an identifier of the first field;

determining, by the computing device, the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, based on: (i) a model value based on the disease model; and (ii) a tuning value, using a spatially misaligned regression; wherein the tuning value is based on at least: a distance between a location of the first field and a location of the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields;

generating, by the computing device, an interface indicative of the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease in the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields; and

causing the interface to be displayed at the communication device associated with the user.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user input includes a request for the interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the user input includes the disease observation data indicative of the observation of the first disease in the first field.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the user input is based on a pin drop in a map interface, at the communication device.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 4 , wherein the interface indicative of the likelihood of the first disease in the plurality of fields includes the map interface.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields is further based on a difference in time between the temporal indicator of the disease observation data and a current time.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields is based on:

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8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 7 , wherein the cross-covariance matrix is expressed as:

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where d-d′ is the difference in disease multiplied by a disease effect matrix B; s-s′ is a distance between agricultural field i and the first agricultural field; and t-t′ is the time between the observation in agricultural field i and the first agricultural field.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the interface includes a map of the plurality of agricultural fields, in which each of the plurality of agricultural fields includes a visual feature indicative of the respective updated likelihood of occurrence of the first disease; and/or

wherein the visual feature includes coloring.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising treating the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields with a treatment in response to the interface indicating a chance of occurrence of the first disease above a defined threshold.

11 . A system for directing crop disease treatments to a plurality of agricultural fields, the system comprising at least one computing device configured to:

receive a user input from a user at a communication device associated with an interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease in a plurality of agricultural fields;

access data associated with the agricultural fields and a disease model, the data associated with the agricultural fields including disease observation data indicative of an observation of the first disease in a first field of the agricultural fields, the disease observation data including a temporal indicator, an identifier of the first disease, and an identifier of the first field;

determine the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, based on: (i) a model value based on the disease model; and (ii) a tuning value, using a spatially misaligned regression; wherein the tuning value is based on at least: a distance between a location of the first field and a location of the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields;

generate an interface indicative of the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease in the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields; and

cause the interface to be displayed at the communication device associated with the user.

12 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions, which when executed by the communication device associated with the user, cause the communication device to display the interface at a display device of the communication device.

13 . The system of claim 11 , further comprising farm equipment configured to apply a treatment to the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields in response to the interface indicating a chance of occurrence of the first disease above a defined threshold.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to generate one or more instructions relating to application of the treatment to the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, and transmit the one or more instructions to the farm equipment to thereby cause the farm equipment to apply the treatment to the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields.

15 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the interface indicative of the likelihood of the first disease in the plurality of fields includes the map interface.

16 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one computing device is configured to determine the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, further based on a difference in time between the temporal indicator of the disease observation data and a current time.

17 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the interface includes a map of the plurality of agricultural fields, in which each of the plurality of agricultural fields includes a visual feature indicative of the respective updated likelihood of occurrence of the first disease; and/or

wherein the visual feature includes coloring.

18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including executable instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processer to:

receive a user input from a user at a communication device associated with an interface indicative of likelihood of a first disease in a plurality of agricultural fields;

access data associated with the agricultural fields and a disease model, the data associated with the agricultural fields including disease observation data indicative of an observation of the first disease in a first field of the agricultural fields, the disease observation data including a temporal indicator, an identifier of the first disease, and an identifier of the first field;

determine the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, based on: (i) a model value based on the disease model; and (ii) a tuning value, using a spatially misaligned regression; wherein the tuning value is based on at least: a distance between a location of the first field and a location of the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields;

generate an interface indicative of the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease in the at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields; and

cause the interface to be displayed at the communication device associated with the user.

19 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the interface includes a map of the plurality of agricultural fields, in which each of the plurality of agricultural fields includes a visual feature indicative of the respective updated likelihood of occurrence of the first disease; and/or

wherein the visual feature includes coloring.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine the likelihood of occurrence of the first disease for at least one other field of the plurality of agricultural fields, further based on a difference in time between the temporal indicator of the disease observation data and a current time.