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US 10,853,635 B2Granted
Automated systems and methods for monitoring and mapping insects in orchards
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsIoannis Ampatzidis, Philip Anzolut Stansly, Victor Henrique Meirelles Partel
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Abstract
Disclosed is an automated tap and detection system (ATDS) for monitoring insects on vegetation. The ATDS can automatically agitate vegetation and collect deposits released from the vegetation in response to the agitation. Images of the deposits can be collected and analyzed using machine learning models to determine a type of deposit (e.g., insect) collected and a number of deposits collected.
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An automated tap and detection system, comprising:
- a mobile vehicle;
- and
- a mobile platform coupled to the mobile vehicle, the mobile platform comprising:
- a shaking system configured to agitate vegetation such that one or more loose deposits on the vegetation are released from the vegetation;
- a viewing stage positioned under the shaking system such that the one or more released loose deposits fall onto the viewing stage;
- one or more cameras being positioned with a field of view of the viewing stage, the one or more cameras being configured to capture one or more images of the viewing stage;
- a removal system configured remove the loose deposits from the viewing stage;
- a computing device being in data communication with the one or more cameras;
- and
- at least one application executable on the computing device, wherein, when executed, the at least one application causes the computing device to at least:
- receive the one or more images from the one or more cameras;
- detect one or more insects from the one or more images;
- identify an insect type of the one or more insects from the one or more images;
- and
- determine a quantity of the one or more insects in the one or more images.
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A method, comprising:
- agitating, via a shaking system of an automated tap and detection system, a vegetation to displace material from the vegetation onto a viewing stage of the automated tap and detection system;
- capturing, via a camera system of the automated tap and detection system, one or more images of the viewing stage;
- removing, via a removal system of the automated tap and detection system, the material from the viewing stage;
- analyzing, via at least one computing device of the automated tap and detection system, the one or more images to detect one or more insects, identify the one or more insects, and count the one or more insects;
- and
- generating, via the at least one computing device, insect data comprising an identification of the one or more insects and a number of the one or more insects.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.