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VISION-BASED POLLINATION SYSTEM

Publication number: 20170042102

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a vision-based pollination system. The vision-based pollination system includes a mobile support apparatus configured to traverse a crop field. The mobile support apparatus supports a pollination liquid storage tank fluidly coupled to a plurality of pollen applicators. The apparatus includes pollination nodes including a vision system and a camera. Each pollination node is coupled to and controls a portion of the pollen applicators. In operation, the mobile support apparatus traverses the crop field, each pollination node repeatedly taking photographs of a portion of the crop field, identifying locations for delivering the pollination liquid, and determining when to operate the pollen applicators to deliver the pollination liquid to the identified locations as the vision-based pollination system traverses the crop field.

Type: Application

Filed: August 12, 2015

Publication date: February 16, 2017

Inventor: Dina Safreno

Vision-based pollination system

Patent number: 9943049

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a vision-based pollination system. The vision-based pollination system includes a mobile support apparatus configured to traverse a crop field. The mobile support apparatus supports a pollination liquid storage tank fluidly coupled to a plurality of pollen applicators. The apparatus includes pollination nodes including a vision system and a camera. Each pollination node is coupled to and controls a portion of the pollen applicators. In operation, the mobile support apparatus traverses the crop field, each pollination node repeatedly taking photographs of a portion of the crop field, identifying locations for delivering the pollination liquid, and determining when to operate the pollen applicators to deliver the pollination liquid to the identified locations as the vision-based pollination system traverses the crop field.

Type: Grant

Filed: August 12, 2015

Date of Patent: April 17, 2018

Inventor: Dina Safreno

SMART POLLINATION SYSTEM

Publication number: 20210137039

Abstract: A smart pollination system includes a smart pollination apparatus (100) that is machine learned and uses artificial intelligence engine for pollination. The smart pollination apparatus (100) is communicatively coupled to a global communications system (GCS). The GCS and the smart pollination apparatus (100) manage the pollination trends with the help of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Type: Application

Filed: February 13, 2019

Publication date: May 13, 2021

Inventor: SANDEEP KUMAR CHINTALA

Pollen control dry pollination machine for

Patent number: 11930751

Abstract: Disclosed is a pollen control dry pollination machine for Abies ziyuanensis, comprising a lever; a side of a top of the lever is fixedly connected with one end of a square tube; another end of the square tube is rotatably connected with a pollination shell; a top of the square tube and a top of the pollination shell are slidably connected with a fan; the pollination shell is internally provided with a pollen box, a pollen outlet cover and a pollination chamber from a top to a bottom in sequence; the pollen box is communicated with the pollen outlet cover; a bottom of the pollination chamber is provided with an opening; an Abies ziyuanensis ovulate strobilus to be pollinated is placed in the pollination chamber; a bottom of the pollination shell is fixedly connected with a rotating opening; the lever is provided with a switch.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 6, 2022

Date of Patent: March 19, 2024

Assignee: GUANGXI INSTITUTE OF BOTANY, GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION AND CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

Inventors: Xinghua Hu, Tao Deng, Jiatong Ye, Sha Li, Xiaozhen Zhu, Shixun Huang

POLLEN CONTROL DRY POLLINATION MACHINE FOR ABIES ZIYUANENSIS

Publication number: 20230225270

Abstract: Disclosed is a pollen control dry pollination machine for Abies ziyuanensis, comprising a lever; a side of a top of the lever is fixedly connected with one end of a square tube; another end of the square tube is rotatably connected with a pollination shell; a top of the square tube and a top of the pollination shell are slidably connected with a fan; the pollination shell is internally provided with a pollen box, a pollen outlet cover and a pollination chamber from a top to a bottom in sequence; the pollen box is communicated with the pollen outlet cover; a bottom of the pollination chamber is provided with an opening; an Abies ziyuanensis ovulate strobilus to be pollinated is placed in the pollination chamber; a bottom of the pollination shell is fixedly connected with a rotating opening; the lever is provided with a switch.

Type: Application

Filed: December 6, 2022

Publication date: July 20, 2023

Applicant: Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences

Inventors: Xinghua HU, Tao DENG, Jiatong YE, Sha LI, Xiaozhen ZHU, Shixun HUANG

Pollination Cage And Pollination Method

Publication number: 20230371451

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pollination cage for the field pollination of a ridge planted crop, the pollination cage comprising: a plurality of frames; and one more nets supported by the plurality of frames; wherein: the frames and one or more nets define at least one enclosed region for containing pollinating insects; and each frame comprises a notched structure for placing on ridged ground.

Type: Application

Filed: May 16, 2023

Publication date: November 23, 2023

Applicant: Aardevo B.V.

Inventors: Curtis FREDERICK, Ruben Hendrik MUILWIJK

PNEUMATIC POLLINATION DEVICE FOR HYBRID RICE SEED PRODUCTION WITH LARGE ROW RATIO AND METHOD THEREFOR

Publication number: 20210289728

Abstract: A pneumatic pollination device and a method for hybrid rice seed production with a large row ratio are provided. The pneumatic pollination device includes a pneumatic pollination component, a controller, a lifting adjustment component and a four-wheel power chassis. The pneumatic pollination component is mounted at the front part of the four-wheel power chassis through the lifting adjusting component, and the controller is mounted at the upper part of the four-wheel power chassis. The airflow of each pollination pipe respectively acts on the spike part of the male parent row of corresponding hybrid rice, so that the male pollen is separated from stamens and floats to the female compartment. The airflow velocities of the pollination pipes of respective male parent rows are different to ensure that the pollen is conveyed to the main female parent action region.

Type: Application

Filed: June 7, 2021

Publication date: September 23, 2021

Inventors: Yongwei WANG, Fuqiang YAO, Jun WANG, Zhenbo WEI, Shaoming CHENG

Crop pollination method by insects

Patent number: 6010390

Abstract: A new pollination method for efficient crop pollination by insects, primarily the economical production of solitary bees and other pollinating insects in such sufficient and reliable numbers so as to permit their timely distribution among and pollination of entomophilous plants to produce a crop. The process utilizes a clean manufacturing environment to rear insect ovum to imagoes that are isolated from agents of disease, predation, and parasitism. This pollination method employs a point-to-point distribution system that also substantially reduces material, handling, and shipping costs.

Type: Grant

Filed: June 8, 1998

Date of Patent: January 4, 2000

Inventor: William A. Harper

VISUAL RECOGNITION TO EVALUATE AND PREDICT POLLINATION

Publication number: 20220237481

Abstract: The exemplary embodiments disclose a method, a computer program product, and a computer system for evaluating the pollination of one or more crops, the method comprising collecting pollination data, extracting one or more features from the collected data, and evaluating a current state of pollination of the one or more crops based on the extracted one or more features and one or more models.

Type: Application

Filed: January 27, 2021

Publication date: July 28, 2022

Inventors: Steven Ware Jones, Jennifer A. Mallette, ZHENG XIE, Lisa Beth Lurie

APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PLANT POLLINATION

Publication number: 20230371450

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for mechanized pollination. Grow towers vertically disposed on a grow line are moved into a pollination chamber and mechanized pollination is performed utilizing pneumatic, acoustic, or mechanical methods to pollinate plants growing in the grow towers. In one embodiment, a plurality of rotatable brush towers are disposed on opposite sides of the grow line and bristles from the brush towers are rotated over the plants to facilitate pollination as the grow towers traverse along the grow line. In another embodiment, a plurality of conduits internal to the grow towers are coupled to one or more nozzles on a face of the grow towers. Pollen is delivered through the nozzles toward the plants utilizing pressurized gas.

Type: Application

Filed: September 22, 2021

Publication date: November 23, 2023

Inventors: Damon SMITH, Kevin GRAUBERGER, Aunders HALLSTEN, Michael BALDWIN, Lucas WOODBURY

MICRO AIR VEHICLE FOR AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL POLLINATION

Publication number: 20190104699

Abstract: The present invention discloses a micro air vehicle for autonomous agricultural pollination, which includes a robot body, an intelligent control part, an intelligent sensor part, a battery, a pollination device and an emitter. The robot body includes a body part and a flapping-wing mechanism. The intelligent control part is mounted on a left side of the body part, the intelligent sensor part is mounted on an upper side of the body part, the intelligent sensor part performs data collection and communication, the battery is mounted on a right side of the body part, the pollination device is connected to a lower side of the body part, and the emitter is mounted in a middle position of the body part. The present invention is more efficient in an automatic process, reducing an operating cost at the same time, beneficial to propelling agricultural intellectualization, and the present invention can provide a higher efficiency and a better pollination quality and improve an agricultural productivity.

Type: Application

Filed: April 25, 2017

Publication date: April 11, 2019

Applicants: Dongguan University of Technology

Inventors: Yi CHEN, Yun LI, Hongnian YU

COMPOSITIONS FOR ENHANCING POLLINATION AND METHODS FOR USING SAME

Publication number: 20140271535

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include compositions for enhancing pollination. Dry compositions according to certain embodiments include a carbon skeleton energy compound, macronutrients, a vitamin cofactor composition, micronutrients, an ionophore, and a source of extracted humate. Methods for using the dry compositions of the invention to enhance pollination are also described.

Type: Application

Filed: March 5, 2014

Publication date: September 18, 2014

Inventor: Thomas T. Yamash*ta

Compositions For Enhancing Pollination And Methods For Using Same

Publication number: 20180099911

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include compositions for enhancing pollination. Dry compositions according to certain embodiments include a carbon skeleton energy compound, macronutrients, a vitamin cofactor composition, micronutrients, an ionophore, and a source of extracted humate. Methods for using the dry compositions of the invention to enhance pollination are also described.

Type: Application

Filed: December 8, 2017

Publication date: April 12, 2018

Inventor: Thomas T. Yamash*ta

Compositions for enhancing pollination and methods for using same

Patent number: 10570067

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include compositions for enhancing pollination. Dry compositions according to certain embodiments include a carbon skeleton energy compound, macronutrients, a vitamin cofactor composition, micronutrients, an ionophore, and a source of extracted humate. Methods for using the dry compositions of the invention to enhance pollination are also described.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 8, 2017

Date of Patent: February 25, 2020

Inventor: Thomas T. Yamash*ta

METHOD OF AUTOMATIC AGRICULTURAL POLLINATION BASED ON MICRO AIR VEHICLE

Publication number: 20200281138

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method of automatic agricultural pollination based on a micro air vehicle, with detailed steps as follows: in a current pollination working area j, a central control system CCS assigning a work task to a micro air vehicle pollinator ?MAVi; capturing a data of flower via a camera and a data acquisition device; processing an original data collected from a specific data source, and then screening, filtering and preprocessing the original data; according to a data flow, performing an operation of recognizing flower; assessing whether a designated flower is successfully recognized or not; the micro air vehicle pollinator ?MAVi pollinating the designated flower; assessing a pollination result and an effectiveness of the micro air vehicle pollinator ?MAVi, and determining whether to end a work of the current working area j and to enter into the next working area j+1 or not.

Type: Application

Filed: April 25, 2017

Publication date: September 10, 2020

Applicants: Dongguan University of Technology

Inventors: Yi CHEN, Yun LI, Hongnian YU

Compositions for enhancing pollination and methods for using same

Patent number: 9868676

Abstract: Aspects of the invention include compositions for enhancing pollination. Dry compositions according to certain embodiments include a carbon skeleton energy compound, macronutrients, a vitamin cofactor composition, micronutrients, an ionophore, and a source of extracted humate. Methods for using the dry compositions of the invention to enhance pollination are also described.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 5, 2014

Date of Patent: January 16, 2018

Inventor: Thomas T. Yamash*ta

Method and apparatus for enhancing the pollination of alfalfa

Patent number: 4644683

Abstract: Pollination of alfalfa enhanced by flying a helicopter over a field of alfalfa with propane burners mounted on the helicopter and directed to heat air in vicinity of alfalfa blossoms. Heat causes blossoms to open and agitation by downdraft enhances spread of pollen through field to increase pollination and seed yield.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 12, 1985

Date of Patent: February 24, 1987

Inventor: Darrell R. Jones

METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POLLINATION

Publication number: 20240090395

Abstract: A method of performing pollination of a flower of a plant, and s system for performing pollination. The method comprises the steps of providing a device for generating an airflow; positioning the device relative to the plant such that the flower is subjected to the airflow; and dislodging pollen from the flower as a result of vibrations caused by airflow-induced instabilities in the flower.

Type: Application

Filed: November 19, 2021

Publication date: March 21, 2024

Applicant: POLYBEE PTE. LTD.

Inventor: Siddharth Sunil JADHAV SIDDHARTH SUNIL

POST SYNDICATION THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CROSS-POLLINATION

Publication number: 20240193232

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods provide technology that identifies a first post that is submitted to a first group of a social network. The technology identifies that the first post is a cross-pollination candidate, identifies a second group of the social network, generates a first vector that is to represent one of the first post or the first group, generates a second vector that is to represent the second group, determines whether the second group matches a cross-pollination criteria based on a comparison of the first vector to the second vector, and determines whether to automatically generate a second post based on the first post, and submit the second post to the second group based on whether the second group matches the cross-pollination criteria.

Type: Application

Filed: December 12, 2022

Publication date: June 13, 2024

Applicant: Meta Platforms, Inc.

Inventors: Brandon Sloane, Ryan Sloane

FORMULATION FOR PROMOTING TARGETED POLLINATION OF PEAR TREE CROPS IN HONEY BEES

Publication number: 20200205404

Abstract: A formulation and a composition that comprises it for promoting the pollination of pear crops (Pyrus) by biasing the foraging preferences of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). The formulation comprises the compounds limonene, linalool and ?-pinene. Additionally, a method for targeting the bees' pollination activity towards the pear crops by using the formulation comprising the compounds limonene, linalool and ?-pinene.

Type: Application

Filed: July 25, 2018

Publication date: July 2, 2020

Inventors: Walter Marcelo FARINA, Paula Carolina DÍAZ