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

Claim 8:
9. A control unit, comprising
a processing unit;
wherein the control unit is configured to:
identify at least one row of plants in a field section of a field having plants, the field section being monitored using an optical and/or infrared detection unit;
define 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;
ascertain a plant value of the weed region in the specified evaluation portion of the monitored field section; and
output a control signal in such a manner that a spray is applied to the weed region of the specified evaluation portion as a function of the ascertained plant value using spray nozzles of an agricultural spraying device that travels in a direction;
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.