RESUDUE ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
A residue identification system including an image gathering unit that gathers at least one representation of a field and stiches the images together to produce a large single image of the field, an image analysis unit that generates residue map of the field and a residue analysis unit that processes the residue map to calculate a carbon emission of each area of the field.
1 . A residue identification system including:
an image gathering unit that gathers at least one representation of a field and stiches the images together to produce a large single image of the field;
an image analysis unit that generates residue map of the field;
a residue analysis unit that processes the residue map to calculate a carbon emission of each area of the field.
2 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein tillage practices used on the field are identified.
3 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein a standard encoder-decoder is implemented with a U-Net to determine the distribution over a plausible level of residue segmentation of the field.
4 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein a five channel image of the field is used as an input and a five channel image is returned.
5 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein a fuse topology and the gathered images are used to determine crop type in the field.
6 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein soil make up information, weather information and topology of the field are used to determine the carbon emissions.
7 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein the residue levels are shown on an overlay to the images to identify areas of high, moderate, and low residue.
8 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein the images are gathered by a drone flying 200 feet above the field.
9 . The residue identification system of claim 1 wherein the field contains specialty crops.
10 . The residue identification system of claim 8 wherein the drone gathers images using a RGB camera.
11 . A method of identifying residue in a field including the steps of:
gathering at least one representation of a field via an image gathering unit;
stitching the images together to produce a large single image of the field via the image gathering unit;
generating a residue map of the field via an image analysis unit;
processing the residue map to calculate a carbon emission of each area of the field via a residue analysis unit.
12 . The method of claim 11 including the step of identifying tillage practices used on the field.
13 . The method of claim 11 wherein a standard encoder-decoder is implemented with a U-Net to determine the distribution over a plausible level of residue segmentation of the field.
14 . The method of claim 11 wherein a five channel image of the field is used as an input and a five channel image is returned.
15 . The method of claim 11 wherein a fuse topology and the gathered images are used to determine crop type in the field.
16 . The method of claim 11 wherein soil make up information, weather information and topology of the field are used to determine the carbon emissions.
17 . The method of claim 11 wherein the residue levels are shown on an overlay to the images to identify areas of high, moderate, and low residue.
18 . The method of claim 11 wherein the images are gathered by a drone flying 200 feet above the field.
19 . The method of claim 11 wherein the field contains specialty crops.
20 . The method of claim 18 wherein the drone gathers images using a RGB camera.