An automated apparatus, method and system for projecting a control agent toward a recognised target for the purposes of agricultural cultivation or environmental management or various other applications; a source of the control agent adapted for use in connection with an environmental control function, an outlet incorporating at least one outlet orifice to direct the control agent emanating from the outlet orifice toward a target. An activation means is movable between an operative mode and an inoperative mode in which the outlet is effectively closed. A targeting mechanism movable on at least one independent control axis provided for selectively orienting the outlet orifice and thereby orienting the control agent in the operative mode. A first sensing system, a classification system, a control system in accordance with a predetermined control logic adapted to deliver doses of the control agent to the identified targets for the purposes of the environmental control function.
Automatic target recognition and dispensing system
2020-09-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A01B SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY , Bodenbearbeitung in Land- oder Forstwirtschaft / A01G Gartenbau , HORTICULTURE / A01M Tierfang, Tierfallen oder Abschreckvorrichtungen für Tiere , CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS / A62C FIRE-FIGHTING , Feuerbekämpfung / B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT |