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Method To Use Survey Drones For Agricultural Land

Abstract: Around the globe precision agriculture has experienced unprecedented growth. The usage of drones in the agricultural flied and horticulture are revolutionizing agriculture. The implementation of various sensors and digital imaging capabilities in drones will lead to the precision agriculture. The purpose of the invention is to optimize agricultural process by doing survey with the help of drones. The usage of drones in survey helps to reduce the time and effort. In one flight, huge amount of data will be collected from the sky, in the form of digital aerial images. 3 claims & 3 Figures

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Patent Information

Application #
Filing Date
21 December 2021
Publication Number
05/2022
Publication Type
INA
Invention Field
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Status
Email
ipfc@mlrinstitutions.ac.in
Parent Application

Applicants

MLR Institute of Technology
Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District

Inventors

1. Ms. Madhavi Nagireddy
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
2. Ms. Pooja Yadav
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
3. Mr. A Sai Kumar
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
4. Mr. Nirmith Kumar Mishra
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
5. Dr. M Satyanarayana Gupta
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
6. Mr. K Veeranjaneyulu
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
7. Mr. Manideep Guptha
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District
8. Mr. B Nagaraj Goud
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500 043, Medchal–District

Specification

Claims:The scope of the invention is defined by the following claims:

Claim:
1. A RC Aerial Torpedo drone comprising:
a) A Structural Frame (1) to support and mount the components of the aerial torpedo.
b) A motor (2) is mounted to the frame (1) and is rigidly fixed to it. The Electronic speed controller (ESC) (3) mounted on top of the frame (1).
c) A Flight controller (4) is mounted on the frame (1) with propellers (5) to the 4 motors (2).
d) A aerial view camera (6) is mounted to the bottom side of the frame (1) to take pictures of the land.
2. According to claim 1, image taken by camera are analysed by using image j software to calculate area from the image.
3. As per claim 1, the field is outlined by in-vehicle global positioning system collector and the rancher drives a tractor around the field land. , Description:Field of Invention
The purpose of the Invention is to study about agricultural land using a drone. The use of drones in survey helps to reduce the time and hence gathering accurate and more information. In one flight, huge amount of data can be collected from the sky, in the form of digital aerial images. It is expected that the use of agricultural drones will grow significantly in the coming years, since they offer a wide range of applications that improve precision farming.

The objective of this invention is to Profit is the most important motivation behind the precision farming adoption. Environmental benefits were the second most important factor.
Background of the Invention
A device may receive sensor data from a sensor device located on a particular farm. The device may identify an alert, associated with the particular farm, based on the sensor data and using a model. The model may be created based on imagery data and numeric data relating to a group of farms. The device may determine, using the model, a recommended course of action to address the alert, and provide, to a user device associated with the particular farm, the recommended course of action(US 9 792 557 B2). A method and system utilizing one or more agricultural drones in combination with agricultural equipment, e.g., an agricultural boom sprayer, to evaluate the crops being farmed, and to improve the real-time delivery and dispensing of liquid from the sprayer including monitoring and verifying that the liquid is being dispensed correctly and/or in accordance with a desired distribution pattern or level (AU 2016295325 B2).
A control system is disclosed for an agricultural implement, such as an agricultural sprayer, used to dispense a product to the ground wherein the dispensing units for the product are provided with control valves that can reduce the flow rate of product through selected dispensing units to zero. By controlling the rate of flow through the dispensing units, overlap of the application of the product to the ground can be substantially eliminated. In alternative embodiments of the invention, the control mechanism can receive data from a remote source, such as a central controller or another implement operating in the field, to define where the product needs to be applied to the ground. The application of the product can also be controlled through or in conjunction with a prescription map. Preferably, each dispensing unit is provided with a control valve operably associated with the control system so that each dispensing unit can be independently controlled to provide a variable flow rate of the product to the ground. (US6877675B2).
The common independent variables used in all three equations are age, education, farming experience, farm size, computer, farm plan, farm income, farming information and state. The additional variables included for profit equation are agricultural easement and yield. Similarly, „profitable‟ is used as an additional variable in the equation describing the desire “to be at forefront of agricultural technology”. Variables “manure apply”, “improvement in environment” and “agricultural easement” are included in the environmental equation.
The estimated coefficient of age in all three equations are negative and significant at a 5% level indicating that older farmers provide any of the stated three reasons to be not important determinants for their choice to adopt precision farming. The highest negative significant coefficient of age in profit equation tells us that profit is not an important reason for older cotton farmers. In particular, an additional increase in age of cotton farmers decreases the choice of profit as a reason for precision farming by 1% (marginal effects are interpreted here and throughout the result section). Similarly, an additional year of age decreases choice of environmental benefit and to be at the forefront of agricultural technology as reasons for precision agriculture adoption by 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively. This finding indicates that older farmers are less likely to adopt precision farming.
Positive and significant coefficient of educational attainment in profit equation suggests that educated cotton farmers provide profit is an important reason to practice precision farming. In contrast, the coefficient is negative and significant in „to be at the forefront of agricultural technology‟ equation indicating that educated cotton farmers feel it to be a less important reason for adopting PF. Marginal effects implies that an additional year of schooling increases importance of profit for their decision to adopt precision agriculture by 1.5%, but decreases by 1.3% to be at the forefront of agricultural technology
Summary of the Invention
The present invention aims to provide drones in survey helps to reduce the time and hence gathering accurate and more information
The specific objective of the invention is to design an drone which can be operated using electrical motor instead of conventional IC engines which may cause environmental issues.
Brief Description of Drawings
In the figures which are illustrate exemplary embodiments of the invention.
Figure 1 Aerial torpedo drone with all components
Figure 2 Block diagram - Working principle of drone
Figure 3 Calculation of area from image
Detailed Description of the Invention
The embodiment of the present disclosure provides an RC Controlled drone for agriculture survey whose structural frame is fabricated using Mild steel (30cm*30cm). The frame was designed to withstand a load of 160 kgs. Drive unit for this Aerial Torpedo drone has 2200 mAh DC motors which are connected to battery through Cytron Dual channel 60A driver board. We are using a brushless motor of 1000 Kv with a flight controller with KK V 5.5. Propellers are devices that transform rotary motion into linear thrust. The drone propeller provides lift for the aircraft by spinning and creating an airflow, which results in a pressure difference between the top and bottom surfaces of the propeller. The pitch angle is 400 with length 10 inches long with a thickness of 0.6mm.
The Quadcopter has 4 motors whose speed of rotation and the direction of rotation changes according to the users desire to move the device in a particular direction (i.e Takeoff motion, Landing motion, Forward motion, backward motion, Left motion, Right Motion). The rotation of Motors changes as per the transmitted signal send from the 6-Channel transmitter. The program for which is written in the AT-MEGA 16 chip.The signal from microcontroller goes to ESC’s which in turn control the speed of motor. With reference to figure 1, the components are presented in the front view. This indicates (1) Quadcopter Frame (2) Motors, (3) Electronic speed controller (ESC) (4) Flight controller (5) Propellers (6) Battery (7) Camera. The adoption of technologies for sustainable farming systems is a challenging and dynamic issue for farmers, extension services, agri-business and policy-makers.
Quadcopter is a device which consists of exceptional blend of Electronics and Mechanical. Basically on the rule of Aviation. Quadcopter has four engines which attains a speed of revolution and the course of turn changes as per the clients want to move the device in a specific heading. The pivot of Motors changes according to the transmitted sign send from the six-Channel transmitter. The program for which is coded in the AT-MEGA 16 chip. The signal from microcontroller goes to ESC's which controls the speed of engine. For calculating the area of the land, different photos of various patches of land were considered. Image j software is used to calculate the area. In the present invention technology plays an important role. Even thought there are many critical challenges we can use the image j software calculating the land. By means of this we can reduced the time of the famer.
Geolocation a field empowers the rancher to overlay data assembled from investigation of soils and remaining nitrogen, and data on past yields and soil resistivity. Geolocation is done in two different ways. Firstly the field is outlined utilizing an in-vehicle global positioning system collector as the rancher drives a tractor around the field land the second is field is outlined on a base guide got from elevated or satellite symbolism. The base pictures must have the correct degree of goals and geometric quality to guarantee that geolocation is adequately exact. Farmers with larger farms or higher yields are more likely to believe they will observe positive externalities associated with precision farming. In addition, it was found that farmers who found PF profitable or who believed input reduction was important had higher probabilities of adopting the PF technologies. Farmers with larger farms and higher than average county yield were more likely to adopt precision technology. Computer is essential to keep financial record and to find information about use of precision agriculture. It has been found that farmers who kept computerized financial records were more likely to be successful.
Although these technologies provide some reasons for the adoption of PF technologies, there could be other possible variables affecting farmers‟ decision making process many farmers are uncertain to use available technology due to environmental regulations, public concern, and economic gains from reduced inputs and improved managements, and hence these factors determine success of precision farming. Surveying irregular and large land tracts can be done by various methods. While some methods are simple and based on basic geometry, others are complex and may involve GPS and satellite imagery. The different options and technologies available to the surveyor have been investigated in this piece. GPS stands for global positioning system and consists of sets of satellites that give your coordinates when you use a hand held receiver. It gives your position coordinates with an accuracy of within 1 meter. This is very useful in large land areas where you can go to each end and note the coordinates and later calculate the area.
3 Claims & 3 Figures

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Application Documents

# Name Date
1 202141059724-REQUEST FOR EARLY PUBLICATION(FORM-9) [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
2 202141059724-FORM-9 [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
3 202141059724-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY(FORM-28) [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
4 202141059724-FORM FOR SMALL ENTITY [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
5 202141059724-FORM 1 [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
6 202141059724-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI(FORM-28) [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
7 202141059724-EVIDENCE FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SSI [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
8 202141059724-EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION(S) [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
9 202141059724-DRAWINGS [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21
10 202141059724-COMPLETE SPECIFICATION [21-12-2021(online)].pdf 2021-12-21