Patent Document ID: 9922405
Application ID: 14831165
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for agronomic and agricultural monitoring, the method comprising: monitoring, by a first central processing unit (CPU) at a base station, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), as the UAV flies along a flight path above an area and as the UAV performs: capturing, by a second CPU of the UAV, a plurality of initial images of the area as the UAV flies along the flight path; analyzing, by the second CPU of the UAV, the plurality of initial images of the area to determine whether one or more images, of the plurality of initial images, depict one or more target areas having nitrogen levels below a certain threshold; in response to determining that the one or more images, of the plurality of initial images, depict the one or more target areas having the nitrogen levels below the certain threshold, determining an identification of the one or more target areas for taking one or more additional different images at a high resolution; in response to receiving the identification, causing, by the second CPU of the UAV, the UAV to capture the one or more additional different images of the one or more target areas; transmitting the plurality of initial images and the one or more additional different images to an image recipient.