US 12,108,752 B2
Autonomous laser weed eradication
Paul Mikesell, Bellevue, WA (US); Jonathan Mey, Seattle, WA (US); and Cory Gabrielsen, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,026.
Application 18/106,026 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,483, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,602,143.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/901,641, filed on Sep. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292736 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01C 3/08 (2006.01); A01M 21/04 (2006.01); G01P 15/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC A01M 21/04 (2013.01) [G01P 15/08 (2013.01); G02B 26/0816 (2013.01); G06T 1/0014 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30188 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A targeting system for autonomous weed eradication comprising:
a first camera configured to image a surface;
an emitter configured to emit a beam toward the surface; and
a computing system in communication with the first camera and the emitter, the computing system capable of performing operations comprising:
receiving, from the first camera, an image of the surface, the image comprising a weed on the surface,
identifying a region in the image that includes the weed,
determining a target location of the weed based on the identified region in the image,
aligning an optical path of the beam based on the target location of the weed, and
causing the emitter to emit the beam toward the weed when at least part of the optical path is aligned with the target location of the weed, wherein emitting the beam towards the weed kills or damages the weed.