Programmable ultrasonic sensing system for targeted spraying in orchards

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 15500-15519

  Stajnko, Denis ^a   Berk, Peter ^a   Lešnik, Mario ^a   Jejčič, Viktor ^b   Lakota, Miran ^a   Štrancar, Andrej ^c   Hočevar, Marko ^c   Rakun, Jurij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

^b AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air assisted sprayer; Algorithm; Orchard; Programmable microcontroller; Spray distribution; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

AIR-ASSISTED SPRAYER; APPLE TREE CANOPIES; EMBEDDED COMPUTERS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; SPRAY DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC SENSING; ULTRASOUND SENSORS; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL;

ALGORITHMS; CONTROLLERS; DEPOSITS; FORESTRY; FRUITS; MICROCONTROLLERS; ORCHARDS; SENSORS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

SPRAY NOZZLES;

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; FRUIT; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASOUND;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTERS; FRUIT; PESTICIDES; PLANT LEAVES; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84870493470     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s121115500     Document Type: Article

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