Fecha de publicación:
20/03/2020
Fuente: Wipo "precision agriculture"
The Invention "SAE-Control" An Internet-of-Thing (IoT) method for improving ROI of farming includes placing a plurality of advanced sensor hubs in predetermined locations in a farm, each hub including a meteorological data acquisition system and an environmental data collection system; and monitoring key elements in the growing of plants from a plurality of sensor hubs including lighting, humidity, temp, soil moisture, and elements that influence plant growth. The invented system may include one or more of the following. The system provides a Multi-ChannelWavelength Smart control design that enables researcher and grower to setup and optimize the efficiency of lighting receipt, and additionally to dim, shutdown and turn off the bright/darkness cycle in order to provide effective PPFD during the bright and dark period. The computer systems and controllers are capable of permitting farmers and farming business to exercise extremely precise control over almost every aspect of a farming operation, such as fertilizing, planting, spraying or harvesting crops. The Organic farming also requires using bio-pesticides that rely on artificial insect pheromones to disrupt the insect mating cycle. The pheromones are continuously dispersed using timed aerosol sprayers or time release compounds which can last most of a growing season. The effectiveness of the pheromones is determined by placing traps to catch, count and identify targeted insects on a weekly basis. The trap counts are relied on to adjust the placement of pheromone sprayers or the compounds used. More frequent and real-time monitoring would allow a quicker and more effective response to any pest conditions that might be detected, while the application of precision agriculture concepts may allow the response to be more localized.