How to Capture Videos for
Almond Yield Estimator
Before going to field make sure you have these
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A drone with a full battery & an empty SD card
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We recommend using 2160p60fps on all drones.
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Skydio 2
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Yuneec Typhoon H3
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Yuneec Typhoon H Plus
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Parrot AI
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Parrot USA
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DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise
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DJI Air 2S
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DJI Mavic Air 2
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DJI FPV
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DJI Phantom 4 Pro V2.0
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If you are able to set shutter speed, make sure it is between 1/1000 - 1/4000
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Video compression of H264 is recommended (.mov format on DJI drones)
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Make sure you'll comply with the local and national UAV, UAS and Drone regulations.
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We do not and will not cover any losses and this is all voluntary.
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We do not accept to pay for any damage to you, to your drone, to the orchard.
On the Field
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Make sure there is a sunny sky with lots of sunshine
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If you don't have a light meter, you can install any of the light meter apps on your android device to get at least 12000 lux of sunshine
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Make sure you are flying between the advised wind speed limit.
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Make sure you are at the field between 10:00 and 15:00
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Make sure to limit flight speed at max 2m/s on smart flight modes, path flight modes and rotational flight modes.
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Make sure the camera's field-of-view can see whole of the tree
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Videos must look like something below
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Once you captured videos
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Reach us at ai@yieldestimator.com
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We will open a google drive folder
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You send uncompressed videos to us
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We will process data for maximum 1 tree
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We send you the results
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You compare with your ground truth (field verification)
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Start working with us!