Patent ID: 8107681
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A01M,E01H,G06K

Abstract:
1. A setup ( 100 ) for constructing a weed map independently of the time of the day, comprising an image recording unit ( 110 ; 110 ′), an image processing and evaluating unit ( 120 ), a data storage unit ( 130 ) connected to the latter, a weed database ( 135 ), a light source ( 160 ) and a position detection unit ( 150 ) having a location finding element ( 152 ), wherein the image recording unit ( 110 ; 110 ′), the position detection unit ( 150 ) and the light source ( 160 ) are all in data communication connection with the image processing and evaluating unit ( 120 ), and wherein the image processing and evaluating unit ( 120 ) is provided with one or more controlling outputs ( 122 , 124 ), wherein one of the controlling outputs ( 124 ) is capable of establishing a data communication connection with the control unit ( 190 ) of a separate weeding apparatus, characterized in that the image recording unit ( the image recording unit ( the position detection unit (