Patent ID: 11957072
Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. A computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the computing system to:
identify a weed plant map of a field including a crop, the weed plant map identifying a plurality of weed areas on the field,
each weed area, of the plurality of weed areas, being defined in the weed plant map by a spatial boundary that identifies a relative position on the field of the weed area having weed plants;

generate a weed seed map, that maps weed seed locations on the field, by
applying a factor that represents movement of weed seeds from a first location on one or more weed plants to a second location in which the weed seeds are detached from the one or more weed plants and deposited on or in a ground surface of the field, and
identifying one or more regions of the field having a number of weed seeds above a threshold; and

generate a control signal for a pre-emergence weed mitigation operation based on the one or more regions identified in the weed seed map.