Robert L. Cantrell,John P. Thompson,David C. Winkle,Michael D. Atchley,Donald R. High,Todd D. Mattingly,Brian G. McHale,John J. O'Brien,John F. Simon,John J. OBrien
申请号：
US15696586
公开号：
US20180064094A1
申请日:
2017.09.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
In some embodiments, methods and systems of defending a crop-containing area against crop-damaging pests include an unmanned aerial vehicle including a sensor that detects one or more pests in the crop-containing area and an output device configured to eliminate the pest from the crop-containing area. One or more docking stations configured to accommodate the UAV are provided. A computing device configured to communicate with the UAV and the docking station over a network is provided. The UAV is configured to send pest detection data captured by a sensor of the UAV while patrolling the crop-containing area. In return, the computing device is configured to send a signal to the UAV to indicate instructions to the UAV as to how to move or activate the output device in order to eliminate the detected pest from the crop-containing area.
