US 12,433,185 B2
Dynamic path routing using aerial images
Timothy Bucher, Geyserville, CA (US); and Nicholas Fischer, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to AGTONOMY, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Agtonomy, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/466,758.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/375,460, filed on Sep. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0090359 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01B 69/04 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)
CPC A01B 69/008 (2013.01) [G05D 1/0246 (2013.01); G05D 1/0276 (2013.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, using an image analysis algorithm, one or more objects within an agricultural environment based on an analysis of a first aerial image of the agricultural environment;
determining a first navigational route for an autonomous tractor system to follow to perform an agricultural task within the agricultural environment in view of the detected objects, the autonomous tractor system configured to navigate through the agricultural environment via the first navigational route;
navigating, by the autonomous tractor system, through the agricultural environment via the first navigational route;
while autonomous tractor system is navigating through the agricultural environment via the first navigational route, obtaining, from one or more sensors of the autonomous tractor system, data regarding a second object within an agricultural environment;
in response to obtaining the data regarding the second object, adjusting the image analysis algorithm to detect objects with characteristics similar to the second object;
reanalyze the first aerial image using the adjusted image analysis algorithm;
determining a second navigational route for the autonomous tractor system to follow to perform the agricultural task within the agricultural environment in view of the second object and the reanalyzed first aerial image; and
navigating, by the autonomous tractor system, the second navigational route.