Networked chemical dispersion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9357759-B2
Application number	US-86003610-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2010
Priority date	Aug 20, 2010
Publication date	Jun 7, 2016
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016

Abstract

The illustrative embodiments provide a chemical dispersion system comprising a number of chemical dispersion nodes, a chemical dispersion manager, and a processor unit. The processor unit executes the chemical dispersion manager to identify a pest problem and generate a chemical dispersion plan for execution by the number of chemical dispersion nodes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A chemical dispersion system, the system comprising:
a number of chemical dispersion nodes; and
a processor unit configured with a chemical dispersion manager, wherein the processor unit executes the chemical dispersion manager responsive to a pest problem to generate a chemical dispersion plan for execution by the number of chemical dispersion nodes, wherein the number of chemical dispersion nodes further comprise:
a processor unit;
a number of sensors; and
a cartridge.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising:
a power source having an energy harvester and energy storage.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge further comprises:
a disperser; and
a reservoir having a chemical for dispersion by the disperser.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the disperser is selected from at least one of a hose, nozzle, pump, sprayer, tubing, wiper, cloth, roller, laser, electromagnetic wave generator, light emitter, sound generator, electrical pulse generator, mister, fogger, duster, atomizer, gas stream, mechanical finger, and heating element.

5. An apparatus for chemical dispersion, the apparatus comprising:
a processor unit configured to receive chemical dispersion plans;
a number of sensors;
a power source configured to provide power to the processor unit and the number of sensors; and
a cartridge configured to execute the chemical dispersion plans responsive to a trigger from the processor unit, wherein the power source further comprises:
an energy harvester; and
an energy storage device.

6. The chemical dispersion system of claim 1 , wherein the processor unit of each respective node of the number of chemical dispersion nodes is configured to execute the chemical dispersion plan generated by the processor unit of the chemical dispersion system when executing the chemical dispersion manager.

Assignees

• Anderson Noel Wayne
• Deere & Co

Inventors

• Anderson Noel Wayne

Classifications

• A61L2209/13

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• A01M1/2022 Primary

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• A61L2209/11

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• A61L2209/111

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