Soil density prediction for subsoil crops

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12004441-B2
Application number	US-202017082315-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2020
Priority date	Oct 28, 2020
Publication date	Jun 11, 2024
Grant date	Jun 11, 2024

Abstract

This is an approach to the prediction of soil density and subsoil crop growth. The approach may include subsoil sensor which can monitor changes in soil pressure and moisture conditions. The sensor data can be sent to a computer module which can process the data using a machine learning model predicting the soil density around a subsoil crop and the yield of the subsoil crop. A soil maintenance plan can be generated from the soil density prediction and/or the crop yield prediction. The soil maintenance plan can be sent to soil management robots, which can execute the soil maintenance plan.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method for predicting soil density associated with a subsoil crop, the computer-implemented method comprising:
retrieving, by one or more processors, an input from at least one subsoil sensor;
analyzing, by the one or more processors, the input;
generating, by the one or more processors, a soil maintenance plan for a subsoil crop based on the analyzing; and
executing, by the one or more processors, the soil maintenance plan by a soil management robot.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises:
real-time soil data from the least one subsoil sensor associated with a crop.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 , wherein the real-time soil data is comprised of pressure variations from the in-ground sensors and moisture content of the soil.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein the analyzing further comprises:
identifying, by the one or more processors, the pressure patterns created by the crop; and
determining, by the one or more processors, subsoil crop root distribution, subsoil crop organ distribution, soil nutrition distribution, soil moisture content, and soil density based on the identifying.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the input comprises historical data from a database.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , further comprising:
updating, by the one or more processors, the historical database with the real-time soil data and the soil maintenance plan.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating, by the one or more processors, a yield prediction for the subsoil crop based on the analyzing.

8. A computer system for predicting soil density associated with a subsoil crop, the system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
computer program instructions;
the computer program instructions being stored on the one or more computer readable storage media for execution by the one or more computer processors; and the computer program instructions including instructions to:
retrieve an input from at least one subsoil sensor;
analyze the input;
generate a soil maintenance plan for a subsoil crop based on the analyzing; and
execute the soil maintenance plan by a soil management robot.

9. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the input comprises:
real-time soil data from the least one subsoil sensor associated with a crop.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the real-time soil data is comprised of pressure variations from the in-ground sensors and moisture content of the soil.

11. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the input comprises historical data from a database.

12. The computer system of claim 11 , further comprising:
update the historical database with the real-time soil data and the soil maintenance plan.

13. The computer system of claim 8 , further comprising:
generate a yield prediction for the subsoil crop based on the analyzing.

14. The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the analyzing further comprises:
identifying, by the one or more processors, the pressure patterns created by the crop; and
determining, by the one or more processors, subsoil crop root distribution, subsoil crop organ distribution, soil nutrition distribution, soil moisture content, and soil density based on the identifying.

15. A computer program product for predicting soil density associated with a subsoil crop, the program instructions including instructions to:
retrieve an input from at least one subsoil sensor;
analyze the input;
generate a soil maintenance plan for a subsoil crop based on the analyzing; and
execute the soil maintenance plan by a soil management robot.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the input comprises:
real-time soil data from the least one subsoil sensor associated with a crop.

17. The computer program product of claim 16 , wherein:
the real-time soil data is comprised of pressure variations from the in-ground sensors and moisture content of the soil.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the input comprises historical data from a database.

19. The computer program product of claim 18 , the program instructions further comprising instructions to:
update the historical database with the real-time soil data and the soil maintenance plan.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 , the program instructions further comprising instructions to:
generate a yield prediction for the subsoil crop based on the analyzing.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Eda Sasikanth
• Rakshit Sarbajit K
• Punadikar Sachin Chandrakant
• Patil Sandeep Ramesh

Classifications

• G01N33/245

  for agricultural purposes · CPC title

• G01N33/246 Primary

  for water content · CPC title

• A01G7/00

  Botany in general · CPC title

• G01N9/26

  by measuring pressure differences · CPC title

• G06N20/00

  Machine learning · CPC title