Patent ID: 11968973
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A method for applying a spray to a field using an agricultural spraying device that travels in a direction, the method comprising the following steps:
monitoring a field section of the field having plants, using an optical and/or infrared detection unit;
identifying at least one row of plants in the monitored field section using a processing unit;
defining, using the processing unit, a plant region containing the at least one identified row of plants in a specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section, using the at least one identified row of plants and an identified weed region different from the plant region;
ascertaining a plant value of the weed region in the specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section using the processing unit; and
applying the spray to the weed region of the specified evaluation portion as a function of the ascertained plant value, using spray nozzles of the agricultural spraying device;
wherein, in a direction of travel of the spraying device, a length of the specified evaluation portion is less than a length of the monitored field section; and
wherein a position of the specified evaluation portion in the monitored field section is selected in such a manner that, in the direction of travel of the spraying device, the distance between the specified evaluation portion and the spray region of a following spray nozzle of the spray nozzles is greater than the distance between the monitored field section and the spray region of the following spray nozzle.