| CPC G06Q 50/02 (2013.01) [A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01C 21/007 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A crop management system that plans and tracks nutrient delivery over time, comprising:
a user interface used by personnel managing a crop of plants;
a database comprising information, wherein said information comprises
a plurality of nutrients;
descriptions of a plurality of fertilizers, wherein a description of a fertilizer of said descriptions comprises a fraction of each nutrient of the plurality of nutrients in the fertilizer; and
a feeding schedule comprising
a sequence of times for fertilization of the crop of plants, wherein said sequence of times comprises a time unit presented sequentially at which said fertilizer is applied to the crop of plants; and
for each time of the sequence of times, an amount of each fertilizer of the plurality of fertilizers applied to the crop of plants defined at the each time of the sequence of times for fertilization of the crop of plants;
a processor coupled to the user interface and to the database, wherein the processor is configured to
for each time of the sequence of times from said feeding schedule and
for each nutrient of the plurality of nutrients,
calculate a nutrient fraction of the each nutrient at the each time as a weighted average of the fraction of the each nutrient in each fertilizer of the plurality of fertilizers across the plurality of fertilizers using said information in the database, wherein a weight associated with the each fertilizer comprises the amount of the each fertilizer applied to the crop of plants at the each time,
wherein the weighted average is calculated as a sum of products of all nutrient fractions from the nutrient fraction calculated of the each nutrient of the plurality of nutrients and the weight of said each fertilizer, divided by a total amount of all fertilizers applied at the each time of the sequence of times of said feeding schedule; and
transmit the nutrient fraction of said each nutrient at said each time to the user interface.
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