US 12,484,466 B2
Systems and methods for monitoring plants in plant growing areas
David Scheiner, Savyion (IL); Eilat Tal, D.N. Arava (IL); and Hai Benron, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to VIEWNETIC LTD., Tel Aviv (IL)
Appl. No. 17/905,981
Filed by VIEWNETIC LTD., Tel Aviv (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IL2020/050287
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181371, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0165181 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. A01B 69/00 (2006.01); A01C 21/00 (2006.01); A01D 46/30 (2006.01); A01M 7/00 (2006.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC A01B 69/001 (2013.01) [A01C 21/005 (2013.01); A01D 46/30 (2013.01); A01M 7/0089 (2013.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)] 36 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A monitoring system for monitoring plants' conditions in one or more plant growing areas, the system comprising:
a data collection system configured and operable to provide characterization data about various parameters of plants in said one or more plant growing areas, the data collection system comprising data collection modules of at least first and second different types, the first type data collection module comprising one or more first type imaging devices of predetermined first field of view and first resolution and the second type data collection module comprising one or more second type imaging devices of predetermined second field of view narrower than the first field of view and second resolution higher than the first resolution, the characterization data provided by at least one of the one or more first type imaging devices comprising first type image data indicative of one or more plants in the plant growing area and of location of at least one device of the second type imaging devices with respect to said one or more plants in the plant growing area, the characterization data provided by the one or more second type imaging devices comprising second type image data indicative of one or more portions of plants in the plant growing area;
a control system configured and operable to activate at least one of said one or more first type imaging devices and at least one of said one or more second type imaging devices at least partially simultaneously, and to be in data communication with an analyzer to be responsive to operational data received from the analyzer, the operational data being based on analysis of the first type image data and comprising navigation data to navigate the at least one second type imaging device or at least one device of the first type imaging devices in the plant growing area.