Harvest weed mapping
A system and a method for controlling an agricultural vehicle includes receiving sensor information for an agricultural vehicle from one or more sensors, determining the quality of an agricultural application based on the sensor information, updating a vehicle control learning algorithm for controlling the agricultural vehicle based on the determined quality of the agricultural application, and controlling an operation of the agricultural vehicle based on the updated vehicle control learning algorithm.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors from one or more sensors, sensor information for an agricultural vehicle, the sensor information associated with one or more plants in an agricultural field;
determining, by the one or more processors, a quality of an agricultural application based on the sensor information by:
identifying, by the one or more processors, the one or more plants in the agricultural field and a damage amount of the identified one or more plants;
categorizing, by the one or more processors, the one or more plants as infected or not infected based at least in part on the identified damage amount; and
generating, by the one or more processors, an efficacy rate of the agricultural application based on a ratio of the one or more plants categorized as infected and not infected;
updating a vehicle control learning algorithm for controlling the agricultural vehicle based on the determined quality of the agricultural application; and
controlling an operation of the agricultural vehicle based on the updated vehicle control learning algorithm.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors includes an object identification sensor.
3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the object identification sensor comprises an object identification software which is configured to determine an identification of the one or more plants in the agricultural field.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the agricultural application is an herbicide application and wherein determining the quality of the herbicide application further comprises:
categorizing the one or more plants as either a crop or a non-crop; and
generating an herbicide efficacy rate of the herbicide application based on a second ratio of the one or more plants categorized as the crop and the one or more plants categorized as the non-crop.
5 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the agricultural application is a pesticide application.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle control learning algorithm is at least one of an artificial intelligence algorithm, a reinforcement learning algorithm, and a machine learning algorithm.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors is at least one of a camera, a radar sensor, and a radio frequency identification sensor.
8 . A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-readable instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor causes the processor to:
receive sensor information for an agricultural vehicle from one or more sensors, the sensor information associated with one or more plants in an agricultural field;
determine a quality of an agricultural application based on the sensor information by:
identifying the one or more plants in the agricultural field and a damage amount of the identified one or more plants;
categorizing the one or more plants as infected or not infected based at least in part on the identified damage amount; and
generating an efficacy rate of the agricultural application based on a ratio of the one or more plants categorized as infected and not infected;
update a vehicle control learning algorithm for controlling the agricultural vehicle based on the determined quality of the agricultural application; and
control an operation of the agricultural vehicle based on the updated vehicle control learning algorithm.
9 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the one or more sensors includes an object identification sensor.
10 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 9 , wherein the object identification sensor comprises an object identification software which is configured to determine the identification of the one or more plants in the agricultural field.
11 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the agricultural application is a pesticide application.
12 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 10 , wherein the agricultural application is a herbicide application and wherein the processor further executes the computer-readable instructions to:
categorize the one or more plants as either a crop or a non-crop; and
generate an herbicide efficacy rate of the herbicide application based on a second ratio of the one or more plants categorized as the crop and the one or more plants categorized as the non-crop.
13 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the vehicle control learning algorithm is at least one of an artificial intelligence algorithm, a reinforcement learning algorithm, and a machine learning algorithm.
14 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 8 , wherein the one or more sensors is at least one of a camera, a radar sensor, and a radio frequency identification sensor.
15 . A vehicle control system comprising:
an agricultural vehicle;
an implement coupled to the agricultural vehicle; and
a controller comprising one or more processing circuits, each processing circuit including a processor and a memory, the memory having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the one or more processing circuits to:
receive sensor information for the agricultural vehicle from one or more sensors, the sensor information associated with one or more plants in an agricultural field;
determine a quality of an agricultural application based on the sensor information by:
identifying the one or more plants in the agricultural field and a damage amount of the identified one or more plants;
categorizing the one or more plants as infected or not infected based at least in part on the identified damage amount; and
generating an efficacy rate of the agricultural application based on a ratio of the one or more plants categorized as infected and not infected;
update a vehicle control learning algorithm for controlling the agricultural vehicle based on the determined quality of the agricultural application; and
control an operation of the agricultural vehicle based on the updated vehicle control learning algorithm.
16 . The vehicle control system of claim 15 , wherein the one or more sensors includes an object identification sensor.
17 . The vehicle control system of claim 16 , wherein the object identification sensor comprises an object identification software which is configured to determine the identification of the one or more plants in the agricultural field.
18 . The vehicle control system of claim 17 , wherein the agricultural application is a pesticide application.
19 . The vehicle control system of claim 17 , wherein the agricultural application is a herbicide application and wherein the processor further executes the instructions to:
categorize the one or more plants as either a crop or a non-crop; and
generate an herbicide efficacy rate of the herbicide application based on a second ratio of the one or more plants categorized as the crop and the one or more plants categorized as the non-crop.
20 . The vehicle control system of claim 15 , wherein the vehicle control learning algorithm is at least one of an artificial intelligence algorithm, a reinforcement learning algorithm, and a machine learning algorithm.