5438 results about "Vegetation" patented technology

A method and apparatus are provided to acquire direct thermal measurements, for example, from a LiDAR collecting vehicle or air vessel, of an overhead electrical conductor substantially simultaneous with collection of 3-dimensional location data of the conductor, and utilize temperature information derived from the direct thermal measurements in line modeling, line rating, thermal line analysis, clearance analysis, and / or vegetation management.

An computer implemented apparatus and method are disclosed for defining areas of a field in which a crop or other vegetation is grown based on their selective ability to grow such vegetation through a growing season, or some shorter preselected time period. The method includes making a number of temporally separated measurements through air borne imaging of a field, registering the data to the geography of the field and each other, normalizing the data including converting the data to a vegetative index indicative to the presence of vegetation in the field, comparing the data to identify clusters of like value, and classifying the clusters and images to learn how the different field areas responded in growing vegetation through the season. With this method, the field may be segregated into a number of like areas called crop response zones which exhibit similar vegetative growth characteristics as an aid to a grower in his decision making regarding how to maximize yield in his field.

An ultra precise seed planter apparatus and method for generating a centimeter accuracy map of the location of seeds or vegetation as they are planted from an agricultural planting machine. The apparatus is fitted with a GPS receiver feeding a data logger, and optical sensors that are placed adjacent seed or vegetation dispenser. The data logger monitors GPS time and UTM coordinates, as well as the optical sensors. Ground speed and azimuth are also monitored. The seeds or vegetation are time-tagged as they are dispensed, and software is used to process the dispensing time and GPS location data and estimate the exact coordinates of each seed or plant and its distance from adjacent seeds or plants. As a result, a precise planting map is generated. The invention may also be used to determine the location to dispense seeds or vegetation, and activating the dispenser when that location is reached.

The invention discloses a mine ecological remediation and slope vegetation fast restoring method suitable for the arid region. The method comprises a slope protection method and the steps that water collecting devices are arranged; soil improvement is carried out; vegetation configuration is carried out. Firstly, according to the through slope arrangement, mining slide slopes needing to be restored are subjected to step type slope cutting to be stabilized, an ecological catchwater is arranged on the inner side of each stage of a platform, and the steps are continuously provided with desilting basins and water collecting pits every other certain distance. Water collecting devices are mounted in the water collecting pits and connected with the desilting basins and the catchwaters, the other ends of the water collecting devices are provided with controllable drainage ports, the water collecting devices are connected with a slope irrigation system and used for collecting and fully and reasonably utilizing slope runoff, a dry season irrigation water source is provided, meanwhile, slope scouring is avoided, and water and soil losses are reduced. The platform and the slopes are all covered with earth, a planting pit is dug in each stage of the platform, the mode of ecological bags and ecological blankets is adopted in each stage of the slopes, a soil conditioner and foreign soil from other places are mixed, the planting pits, the ecological bags and the ecological blankets are filled with the mixture, and good water and fertilizer conditions are provided for plant growth. Proper trees brushes and grasses are selected to be distributed. The ground conditions of the side slopes are comprehensively improved, and side slope vegetations are restored to the natural ecological state.

The present invention relates to a building block of ecological slope protection vegetation, a fabrication method and a construction technique. The building block is composed of a growing bed body, a lath crib, planting troughs, a vegetation layer and a plant, the lath crib wraps the circumference of the growing bed body, the upper plane of the growing bed body is lower than the upper plane of the lath crib and concave, the vegetation layer is formed on the growing bed body, which matches the inner walls of the sectional area of the lath crib to form an integral building block, and more than one planting troughs are arranged on and run through the growing bed body. The design of the present invention is scientific, the structure is reasonable, the restoration of water ecology can reduce the operating cost, environment is improved, ecology is reinstated, harmonious natural beauty is enhanced, and the present invention is suitable for the nidification of small living creatures and the habitation and the survival of aquatic fishes, so that the cutting-off continuity of water and land regions is restored. The present invention is widely applied to channel slope protection, levee slopes, roadsides, airports, parks, public lands, household lawns, sports grounds, etc. The present invention is suitable for cold regions, damp regions, warm and damp intermediate zone, etc.

The invention discloses a rock slope ecological protection afforestation substrate. The substrate is prepared by evenly mixing a mixture of mixed and fermented straw, cattle manure, edible fungus refuse (the waste after the edible fungus production), sludge and organic matter fibers, compound fertilizer, a soil moisture holding agent, a binding agent, attapulgite powder and a pH regulator. The rock slope ecological protection afforestation substrate is used to carry out the spray seeding and greening on the exposed rock slope, the discarded mine and the mountain gap, and can maximally restore the vegetation ecology in a shorter period, thereby reaching the aims of afforestation and slope protection. The substrate can supply a reasonable physical structure and nutrient contents needed by the growth of the vegetation, and ensure the sufficient cohesion force between the substrate mixture on the slope surface and the rock slope so as to ensure that the vegetation on the slope surface can take root and grow well on the rock slope. The substrate can ensure the stability of the substrate mixture on the slope surface so as to resist the rain erosion. The substrate can rapidly seal the slope surface and prevent the slope surface from flaking off due to efflorescence together with the vegetation.

Embodiments of the invention relate to fixtures, systems and methods for providing vegetation grow light fixtures with auxiliary power and / or data communication ports or hubs allowing for expansion of their functionality, modularity and adaptability. The addition of power or communication ports integrated with a grow light fixture enables other components to be connected directly to and powered by the grow light fixture. Such components may include but are not limited to supplemental lighting, sensors and actuators.

The invention discloses a barrier detection method in the vegetation environment based on multispectral and 3D feature fusion. The method comprises that 3D point cloud data is collected, and color and near-infrared images are collected at the same time; 3D point cloud data is registered with multispectral data to obtain multispectral 3D point cloud; a grid map is established, and candidate barrier grids are obtained via a height threshold; the scale of the near-infrared image is adjusted to normalize the infrared light intensity; the near-infrared intensity value and the visible light intensity of RGB color information within the grids are combined and serve as feature information, and 2D feature is obtained via calculation; and the candidates barrier grids are processed and filtered by utilizing a Gaussian mixture model to obtain a final barrier detection result. According to the method, influence caused by change of illumination condition is reduced by normalizing the infrared light intensity, and multispectral 3D features are sued to realize effective barrier detection.

A vegetation pod for creating a green roof is disclosed. The vegetation pod includes vegetation that absorbs and stores water. The roots of the vegetation grow in a growing media that rests atop a layer of filter fabric. The filter fabric is disposed within a tray that is easily handled by an installer. The tray includes a fastening mechanism that couples multiple trays together. An additional layer of absorbent material may be provided between the filter fabric and the tray. A second, preferably larger tray may be provided for accommodating a series of smaller trays. An additional layer of filter fabric may be provided between the trays.

A method for analyzing types of water sources based on natural geographical feature, the method includes: collecting and processing remote sensing image data of target area, and obtaining maximum and minimum value of an annual vegetation index; subtracting the minimum value from the maximum value to obtain maximum variation range of annual vegetation index; extracting topography factors from a digital elevation model in target area; obtaining a natural vegetation area in target area; carrying out a normalization processing for the maximum variation range and the topography factors in this natural regions, and obtaining landform zones and situation of plant growth of different zones in the natural vegetation area by spatial cluster analysis in ArcGIS; obtaining a precipitation of landform zones in the growing season and the distances between the landform zones and the water sources, and obtaining the zones for the types of water sources based on natural geographical features.

A computer-implemented method for crop type identification using satellite observation and weather data. The method includes extracting current and historical data from pixels of satellite images of a target region, generating temporal sequences of vegetation indices, based on the weather data, converting each timestamp of the temporal sequences into a modified temporal variable correlating with actual crop growth, training a classifier using a set of historical temporal sequences of vegetation indices with respect to the modified temporal variable as training features and corresponding historically known crop types as training labels, identifying a crop type for each pixel location within the satellite images using the trained classifier and the historical temporal sequences of vegetation indices with respect to the modified temporal variable for a current crop season, and estimating a crop acreage value by aggregating identified pixels associated with the crop type.

An ultra precise seed planter apparatus and method for generating a centimeter accuracy map of the location of seeds or vegetation as they are planted from an agricultural planting machine. The apparatus is fitted with a GPS receiver feeding a data logger, and optical sensors that are placed adjacent seed or vegetation dispenser.. The data logger monitors GPS time and UTM coordinates, as well as the optical sensors. Ground speed and azimuth are also monitored. The seeds or vegetation are time-tagged as they are dispensed, and software is used to process the dispensing time and GPS location data and estimate the exact coordinates of each seed or plant and its distance from adjacent seeds or plants. As a result, a precise planting map is generated. The invention may also be used to determine the location to dispense seeds or vegetation, and activating the dispenser when that location is reached.

The mixed planting material for rocky slope is one kind of composition prepared by mixing at normal temperature soil, organic matter, composite fertilizer, water preserving agent, cement, pH regulator, plant seed and water. The construction process in rocky slope includes trimming slope, setting anchor rods, hanging net, spraying, seeding, covering and maintenance. The present invention makes it possible to green rocky slope fast at relatively lower cost.

Compounds of Formula I, and their N-oxides and agriculturally suitable salts, are disclosed which are useful for controlling undesired vegetation and R1a, R1b, R1c, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, R5, T, U, W, Y and Z are as defined in the disclosure. Also disclosed are compositions containing the compounds of Formula I and a method for controlling undesired vegetation which involves contacting the vegetation or its environment with an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. Also disclosed are mixtures and compositions comprising a herbicidally effective amount of a compound of Formula Iz wherein J, R1a, R1b, R1c, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, R5, T, U, W, Y and Z are as defined in the disclosure; and an effective amount of another herbicide or herbicide safener. Also disclosed is a method for selectively controlling undesired vegetation in a crop that involves contacting the locus of a crop with an effective amount of a compound of Formula Iz and a effective amount of a safener.

Remotely sensed spectral image data are used to develop a Vegetation Index file which represents spatial variations of actual crop vigor throughout an area that is under cultivation. The latter information is processed to place it in a format that can be used by personnel to correlate and calibrate it with actually observed crop conditions existing at control points within the area. Based on the results, personnel formulate a prescription request, which is forwarded to a central processing site, where the prescription is prepared. The latter is returned to a mobile application means that directly applies inputs to the field at a spatially variable rate.

Provided herein are synergistic herbicidal compositions containing and methods utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I):or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof and (b) an ACCase inhibitors, including. e.g., clethodim, clodinafop-propargyl, cyhalofop-R-butyl, diclofop-methyl, fenoxaprop-P-ethyl, fluazifop-P-butyl, haloxyfop-R-methyl, metamifop, pinoxaden, profoxydim, quizalofop-P-ethyl, sethoxydim and tralkoxydim, provide synergistic weed control of undesirable vegetation in rice, cereals, wheat, barley, oats, rye, sorghum, corn / maize, sugarcane, sunflower, oilseed rape, canola, sugar beet, soybean, cotton, pineapple, pastures, grasslands, rangelands, fallowland, turf, tree and vine orchards, aquatics, plantation crops, vegetables, industrial vegetation management (IVM) or rights of way (ROW).

The present invention relates to a Chinese medicine of incense, and particularly to a Chinese medicine of incense which can execute indoor air sterilization and prevent and cure common cold. The Chinese medicine of incense is prepared by the following raw materials: folium artemisiae argyi, rhizome atractylodis, angelia, ageratum, cyrtomium rhizome, isatis root, ledebouriella root, honeysuckle flower, clove, cortex moutan, fennel, cacumen biotae, herba eupatorii, forsythia suspensa, herba schizonepetae, nard, liquorice, cassia twig, folium isatidis, chrysanthemum, abrotanum, pericarpium granati, magnolia officinalis, prunella spike, groomwell root, cimicifuga foetida, lavender and vegetation powder. The Chinese medicine of incense according to the invention has the advantages of high effectiveness, reliable safety, no toxic or side effect, no excitation, easy operation, etc. The Chinese medicine of incense is a more ideal object for sterilizing indoor air.

The present invention generally relates to an airborne imaging spectrometry method and system. According to the present invention, a digital airborne imaging spectrometer is provided aboard an aircraft and is used to collect hyperspectral imagery of an area of interest while the aircraft flies over the area of interest. The method and system of the present invention combine (1) real-time display, aboard an aircraft, of the hyperspectral imagery being collected for an area of interest below the aircraft with (2) transmission of such hyperspectral imagery to a remote location, wherein such imagery is received at the remote location in near real-time. When hyperspectral imagery and related data are received from the aircraft at the remote location, the transmitted hyperspectral imagery and related data are useful at the remote location in time-sensitive or time-critical decision making. Forest fires, infestations of vegetation, and law enforcement scenarios such as counter-narcotic operations are examples of situations in which time-sensitive or time-critical decision making may be necessary and in which the airborne imaging spectrometry system and method of the present invention may be used.

The invention discloses a nano-composite environment-friendly water permeable brick and a production method thereof. The nano-composite environment-friendly water permeable brick comprises a concrete bottom layer and a mortar surface layer arranged on the concrete bottom layer, wherein the concrete bottom layer and the mortar surface layer are compounded to form an integrated structure; the concrete bottom layer is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 20-40 parts of cement, 10-20 parts of water, 5-15 parts of fly ash, 50-65 parts of recycled aggregate, 50-65 parts of natural coarse aggregate, 65-85 parts of sand and 0.05-0.2 part of water-reducing agent; and the mortar surface layer is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 70-100 parts of cement, 5-20 parts of nano-TiO2, 30-60 parts of water, 200-400 parts of sand and 0.1-1.0 part of water-reducing agent. The nano-composite environment-friendly water permeable brick disclosed by the invention is integrally formed and has the advantages of high compressive strength, high flexural strength, good water permeability and good water retention, and a ground surface laid by the nano-composite environment-friendly water permeable bricks can timely dredge and drain rainwater, is conductive to growth of surrounding vegetation and can effectively supplement groundwater, reduce the pressure of a municipal drainage system and reduce the influence of surface gathered water on the traffic; and the nano-composite environment-friendly water permeable brick has a photocatalytic self-cleaning function and can decompose and remove organic stains on the surface of the brick and beautify the urban environment.

The invention relates to a restoration method for a damaged ecosystem in a steep-slope area in a water-level-fluctuating zone of a reservoir. The method comprises the following steps:when the impounded water level is at the lowest point, cleaning the upstream slope in the water-level-fluctuating zone, and manually tamping; digging planting holes at the top of the slope, and planting Chinese red pines and the like to form a multifunctional protective forest belt; digging planting grooves and planting holes within the range of the water-level-fluctuating zone, laying jute geotextile, planting vetiver within the range with the water-level-fluctuating depth of 2m to form a hedgerow; and mixedly planting vetiver and wire grass within the range with the water-level-fluctuating depth of 2-10m to form a combined vegetation slope restoration belt. The protective forest belt, the hedgerow and the combined vegetation slope restoration belt form a three-dimensional restoration space together, thereby ensuring that plants can take roots and restore in the steep-slope area in the water-level-fluctuating zone. By restoring the vegetation in large area, the invention effectively reduces the overland flow and the soil erosion, and improves the fertility and the properties of the soil, thereby restoring the damaged ecosystem. The invention has the advantages of convenient construction and less investment, can not be easily damaged by water, and is applicable to the water-level-fluctuating zone of a reservoir with large water-level-fluctuating range and precipitous topography.

The invention discloses a MODIS data-based agricultural drought remote sensing monitoring method. The MODIS data-based agricultural drought remote sensing monitoring method comprises the following steps of acquiring soil actual measurement data of a zone to be monitored, building a functional relationship formula of the soil actual measurement data and a temperature vegetation dryness index for earth surface drought characterization, calculating soil weight water content by the functional relationship formula and the MODIS data of the zone to be monitored, and determining a drought level according to the soil weight water content and acquiring an agricultural drought monitoring result. Through use of high MODIS remote sensing data time resolution, farmland drought monitoring is realized. The MODIS data-based agricultural drought remote sensing monitoring method utilizes a remote sensing technology to realize farmland drought dynamic monitoring. A practical application test proves that the MODIS data-based agricultural drought remote sensing monitoring method is simple and efficient, can be operated easily, has an accurate result and can be widely used for farmland drought monitoring.

The invention discloses a high and steep rocky slope vegetation planting method. The high and steep rocky slope vegetation planting method comprises the following steps of 1 digging a plurality of planting holes in the surface of a high and steep rocky slope; 2 drilling a plurality of root system holes in the bottoms of the planting holes; 3 pouring water into the planting holes and the root system holes after the root system holes drilled, mixing and stirring clay and water to form slurry after accumulated water disappears, filling the slurry into the root system holes and coating slurry on the inner walls of the planting holes; 4 sequentially filling water storage layers, a nutrient soil layers, seed layers and evaporation preventing layers in the planting holes from bottoms to tops. By means of the high and steep rocky slope vegetation planting method, the vegetation moisture problem is solved, vegetation survival rate is improved, and maintenance cost is reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of airborne laser radar data processing, in particular to a semi-supervised classification method for airborne laser radar data fusing images. In the method, based on a semi-supervision concept, rough classification results of point cloud data are utilized to extract high-accuracy training sample data which is used for classifying high-resolution images; and in the post-processing process, based on target complexity, spurious building points are removed, the classification results are refined, and LiDAR (Laser Intensity Direction and Ranging) pointcloud multiple characteristics are fused for cross validation so as to finally realize fine classification of airborne laser radar data. The method is a fusion classification method with high reliability and high classification accuracy. In the precondition without using near infrared data, the method achieves good effect of classification for point cloud tall vegetation and low vegetation areas.

A main structure that can be constructed using either solid steel assembly (32) or reinforced concrete assembly (33) acts as the main structural component for new and remodel construction. The main structure whether it uses reinforced concrete assembly (33) or steel assembly is comprised of cells of equilateral size and each cell has a passage between inner and outer wall created using this method of construction. The inner wall uses the passages to secure accompanying structures and systems to a wall that use this structural system. The outer wall uses the passages to secure retaining assembly (34) to the structure. Retaining assembly (34) holds a strata of soil to the wall and creates plateaus along face of outer wall. The plateaus created by securing retaining assembly (34) to main assembly's (32) or (33) give vegetation a place to be planted and secured to a wall that incorporate the construction method of this invention. The passages between the inner and outer walls also nurture the vegetation attached to a structure built using this invention's method of construction by allowing direct access to the roots. By allowing direct access to the roots of the vegetation planted on a structure utilizing the construction method of this invention each plant can receive the optimum amount of irrigation, drainage, and fertilizer.

Remotely sensed spectral image data are used to develop a Vegetation Index file which represents spatial variations of actual crop vigor throughout an area that is under cultivation. The latter information is processed to place it in a format that can be used by personnel to correlate and calibrate it with actually observed crop conditions existing at control points within the area. Based on the results, personnel formulate a prescription request, which is forwarded to a central processing site, where the prescription is prepared. The latter is returned to a mobile application means that directly applies inputs to the field at a spatially variable rate.

An apparatus for generating electrical power. The apparatus comprises a plurality of solar energy collectors for generating electricity from solar energy; a plurality of wind turbines for generating electricity from wind energy; a support structure having arms extending radially from a vertical shaft, the arms positioned at different vertical distances along the vertical shaft and the arms having different lengths; solar energy collectors and the wind turbines affixed to terminal ends of the arms; and the support structure comprising camouflage elements causing the support structure to resemble vegetation.

The invention discloses a practical atmospheric correction method for remote sensing images, which comprises three steps: a first step, inverting the optical thickness of atmospheric aerosol from MODIS data by means of a 6S model lookup table based on a dense vegetation algorithm; a second step, calculating total content of atmospheric vapor by using an MODIS data band ratio method, and then calculating the optical thickness of the atmospheric vapor; and a third step, combining the inverted optical thickness of the atmospheric aerosol, the optical thickness of the atmospheric vapor and a DOS model to invert the earth surface reflectance. The calculated earth surface reflectance has high precision; the method has strong practicability, and is applicable to various land satellite images; and the MODIS data can be acquired freely every day; therefore, the method can be used as a service atmospheric correction method for the remote sensing images.

The invention relates to the technical field of water environment ecological restoration, in particular to a system for restoring bio-ecological environment of a micro-polluted riverway, wherein a biological contact oxidation module adopts elastic three-dimensional packing or combined packing, the riverway coastal area is provided with emergent aquatic plant floating floors or floating plant floating floors, the upstream and the downstream of the riverway are provided with floating plant purification zones, and the water surface coverage of the floating floors is between 15 and 20 percent; both coasts of the riverway are plated with emergent aquatic plants and the water surface is planted with floating plants, and water areas with more than two times of transparency are plated with submerged vegetations; and sloping fields on both sides of the riverway are planted with un-germinated poplar or willow branches through cottage; and simultaneously, the poplar or willow branches are embedded into sloping banks shallowly and horizontally according to contours in a mode of being bundled up into a bunch of fascines at different positions of the sloping fields. Compared with the prior art, for the ecological restoration and construction, the system achieves self-purification, self-regulation and self-sustaining of pollutants within certain concentration range, and is an effective path for improving water quality under the condition that basin-wide pollutant cutoff cannot be performed at present.

The invention discloses a multisource big data fusion-based city space holographic map establishment method. The method comprises the steps of mapping green quantity vegetations, municipal engineering, physical environments (including a city noise environment, a city wind environment, a city heat environment and a heat island effect), industry organization POI, people-vehicle activities and humanistic feeling evaluations in a city full-space coverage range to a cloud database through different graphic layers; and intuitively and dynamically displaying and outputting different types of data space features in combination with city space forms, so that city systems can perform real-time detection, and city plan design engineering practice is facilitated. Based on a cloud data end, massive data can be processed, and real-time quick query and display can be carried out; and by superposing multisource big data and city space form data in a same digital map system, city coordinate system-based seamless connection collection of multisource data interfaces and simulated dynamic display of space features are realized.