Methods and systems for determining a recommended harvest date of a Cannabis biomass are disclosed. The methods and systems include a research network having a plurality of databases and a plurality of software modules stored thereon; a grower base module operable to send data to, and receive data from, the research network via a communication network; and an extractor base module operable to evaluate an extract and send data to the research network via the communication network. An optical sensor, including a hyperspectral or multispectral camera, provides current images of the Cannabis crop. An analyzer module and time-to-harvest module may be used to determine a recommended harvest date based on historical data.
Claim CLM-00001. 1. A method for determining a recommended harvest date, the method comprising:
receiving an optical image of at least one Cannabis plant, the optical image captured by an optical sensor; retrieving a plurality of historical images from a historical database of images, wherein each of the retrieved historical images is associated with extract data; comparing the optical image with the plurality of historical images to determine a best matching image; and making a prediction about an extract of the at least one Cannabis plant based on the extract data associated with the determined best matching image.
Claim CLM-00010. 10. A system for determining a recommended harvest date, the system comprising:
a communication network interface that:
receives an optical image of at least one Cannabis plant, the optical image captured by an optical sensor, andretrieves a plurality of historical images from a historical database of images, wherein each of the retrieved historical images is associated with extract data; and
a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to;
compare the optical image with the plurality of historical images to determine a best matching image; andmake a prediction about an extract of the at least one Cannabis plant based on the extract data associated with the determined best matching image.
Claim CLM-00019. 19. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for determining a recommended harvest date, the method comprising:
receiving an optical image of at least one Cannabis plant, the optical image captured by an optical sensor; retrieving a plurality of historical images from a historical database of images, wherein each of the retrieved historical images is associated with extract data; comparing the optical image with the plurality of historical images to determine a best matching image; and making a prediction about an extract of the at least one Cannabis plant based on the extract data associated with the determined best matching image.
