Agricultural Field Map Overlay With Geotagged Image Views
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing agricultural planting systems lack effective methods for providing enhanced field views that integrate real-time crop, weed, and soil condition data, limiting farmers' understanding of field conditions during planting operations.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating enhanced agricultural maps with data layers and image data, using sensors on agricultural implements to capture images during application passes, overlaying selectable icons on the map representing actual field conditions, and displaying these images in a split-screen view with the map, allowing farmers to select and interact with these icons for detailed field insights.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional coverage maps are displayed during planting, then basic planting information is provided, but farmers cannot effectively understand real-time field conditions such as crop, weed, and soil status
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple data sources (coverage map data, crop images, weed images, soil condition data) into a single integrated enhanced agricultural map display. This merging of previously separate information streams allows farmers to view comprehensive field conditions in one unified interface, resolving the information loss problem without requiring multiple separate systems
Solution Approach 2:
The enhanced agricultural map serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays planting coverage information, shows real-time crop conditions, identifies weed locations, and presents soil status data. This multi-functional display system replaces the need for multiple separate monitoring systems, providing comprehensive field condition awareness while maintaining a single integrated interface
2Loss of information
If detailed field condition data is collected and displayed, then farmer understanding of field conditions improves, but the system complexity and data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments detailed field condition data into distinct categorical layers (coverage information, crop conditions, weed conditions, soil conditions) that can be independently processed and displayed. This segmentation allows the system to handle complex data types separately while presenting them in a unified enhanced map, reducing the processing burden compared to handling all data as a single complex stream
Solution Approach 2:
The enhanced agricultural map acts as an intermediary layer between raw sensor data collection and farmer interpretation. It processes, integrates, and visualizes multiple data types in a standardized format that is easier to interpret, serving as a mediator that simplifies the interface between complex data processing systems and end-users
3Productivity
If real-time images and data are integrated into the display, then operational decision-making is improved, but the time and computational resources required increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary organization and categorization of field condition data during the data collection phase, structuring images and sensor readings into predefined categories (crop, weed, soil, coverage) before they need to be displayed. This preliminary structuring reduces the computational burden during real-time display operations, allowing faster integration of real-time data without compromising operational efficiency
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AI summary
Described herein are systems and methods for providing field views of data displays with enhanced maps having a data layer and icons for image data overlaid on the data layer. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for customizing field views of data displays comprises obtaining a data layer for an agricultural parameter from sensors of an agricultural implement or machine during an application pass for a field, generating a user interface with an enhanced map that includes the data layer for the agricultural parameter, and generating selectable icons overlaid at different geographic locations on the enhanced map for the field with the selectable icons representing captured images at the different geographic locations.