US 12,102,027 B2
System and method for prescriptive seed treatment
Steven P. Smith, Ankeny, IA (US); Nicholas M. Iwig, Urbandale, IA (US); Mark M. Iwig, Johnston, IA (US); and Pat Parks, Ankeny, IA (US)
Assigned to INFLEXION POINT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Urbandale, IA (US)
Appl. No. 15/739,606
Filed by Inflexion Point Technologies, LLC, Urbandale, IA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2015, PCT No. PCT/US2015/037230
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2017,
PCT Pub. No. WO2016/209217, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0192577 A1, Jul. 12, 2018
Int. Cl. A01C 1/06 (2006.01); A01C 7/20 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01C 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A01C 1/06 (2013.01) [A01C 7/20 (2013.01); A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01C 2001/048 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A prescriptive seed treatment method comprising the steps of:
providing a planter, a seed drop tube, a substance receptacle, a substance applicator, a seed, and a seed-applied substance;
calculating a location within a field where the seed will be delivered to the soil by the planter;
selecting, based at least in part on a condition, a combination of the seed and the seed-applied substance by selecting a type of seed-applied substance and calculating a desired application amount of the selected type of the seed-applied substance to be applied to and carried by the seed to the soil;
generating the combination of the seed and the selected type of the seed-applied substance at least in part by individually applying the desired application amount of the selected type of the seed-applied substance to each seed as it is being delivered to the soil
and
delivering the combination of the seed and the selected type of the seed-applied substance to the soil at the calculated location within the field for planting;
wherein the type of the seed-applied substance and the desired application amount of the selected type of the seed-applied substance can vary as the planter changes locations within the field.