US 11,941,709 B2
Methods and systems for managing crop harvesting activities
James Ethington, San Francisco, CA (US); and Alex Wimbush, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to CLIMATE LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Climate LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,790.
Application 17/374,790 is a continuation of application No. 14/846,659, filed on Sep. 4, 2015, granted, now 11,080,798.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/049,929, filed on Sep. 12, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0342955 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 50/02 (2012.01); A01B 79/00 (2006.01); A01D 91/04 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2023.01); G06Q 10/06 (2023.01); G06Q 10/1093 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 50/02 (2013.01) [A01B 79/005 (2013.01); A01D 91/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06 (2013.01); G06Q 10/1097 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving an initial moisture value, which indicates a moisture percentage determined for a crop growing in a field as measured on a black layer date;
receiving a desired target harvest moisture value, which indicates a moisture percentage that is desired for the crop at a future harvest date;
receiving physical sensor data from at least one or more physical sensors installed in the field, via a computer network connection established between a computing device and the one or more physical sensors;
computing a moisture loss of the crop in the field, for each of multiple days of an interval including the black layer date, based at least in part on the received physical sensor data;
computing daily moisture values of the crop in the field, for the multiple days of the interval, based on the daily moisture losses and the initial moisture value;
based on at least some of the computed daily moisture values, the black layer date, and the desired target harvest moisture value, predicting a predicted target harvest date for harvesting the crop in the future, wherein the predicted target harvesting date is a date at which the crop will reach a moisture value approximately equal to the desired target harvest moisture value;
sending the predicted target harvest date to a user device via a computer network connection established between the computing device and the user device; and
displaying, by the user device, the predicted target harvest date for the crop.