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US 11,699,286 B2Granted
Method, system, and medium having stored thereon instructions that cause a processor to execute a method for obtaining image information of an organism comprising a set of optical data
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMorio Ogura, Hirofumi Sumi
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for obtaining image information of an organism including a set of optical data; calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data; and calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index, where the image information includes at least one of: (a) visible image data obtained from an image sensor and non-visible image data obtained from the image sensor, and (b) a set of image data from at least two image capture devices, where the at least two image capture devices capture the set of image data from at least two positions.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a plurality of imaging devices, each configured to capture a subject image including agricultural produce;
- and
- a server coupled to the imaging devices,
- wherein the server is configured to:
- obtain image information of agricultural produce as a set of optical data;
- calculate a growth index based on the set of optical data;
- and
- calculate a proper harvest time based on the growth index,
- wherein the image information comprises visible image data and non-visible image data obtained from one of the imaging devices,
- wherein the set of optical data is obtained using an image sensor comprising a set of RGB color filters provided over a set of infrared (IR) cut filters, wherein the set of IR cut filters is provided over a set of RGB sensors, and
- wherein the image sensor further comprises a black filter provided over a NIR (near infrared) sensor with no IR cut filter provided over the NIR sensor and therefore with no blocking of NIR from the NIR sensor.
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An information processing method comprising:
- obtaining image information of agricultural produce comprising a set of optical data;
- specifying a target region;
- calculating a growth index based on the image information in the target region;
- and
- calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index,
- wherein the set of optical data is obtained using an image sensor comprising a set of RGB color filters provided over a set of infrared (IR) cut filters, wherein the set of IR cut filters is provided over a set of RGB sensors, and
- wherein the image sensor further comprises a black filter provided over a NIR (near infrared) sensor with no IR cut filter provided over the NIR sensor and therefore with no blocking of NIR from the NIR sensor.
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A method comprising:
- obtaining image information of agricultural produce comprising a set of optical data;
- calculating a growth index based on the set of optical data;
- and
- calculating an anticipated harvest time based on the growth index,
- wherein the image information comprises a set of stereoscopic image data from at least two image capture devices, wherein the at least two image capture devices capture the set of stereoscopic image data from at least two different positions and at least two different angles,
- wherein the set of optical data is obtained using an image sensor comprising a set of RGB color filters provided over a set of infrared (IR) cut filters, wherein the set of IR cut filters is provided over a set of RGB sensors,
- wherein the image sensor further comprises a black filter provided over a NIR (near infrared) sensor with no IR cut filter provided over the NIR sensor and therefore with no blocking of NIR from the NIR sensor and
- wherein an image captured from the RGB sensors and the NIR sensor is representative of the agricultural produce.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to:
- obtain, from a plurality of imaging devices, image information of agricultural produce as a set of optical data;
- calculate a growth index based on the set of optical data;
- and
- calculate a proper harvest time based on the growth index,
- wherein the image information comprises visible image data and non-visible image data obtained from one of the imaging devices,
- wherein the set of optical data is obtained using an image sensor comprising a set of RGB color filters provided over a set of infrared (IR) cut filters, wherein the set of IR cut filters is provided over a set of RGB sensors, and
- wherein the image sensor further comprises a black filter provided over a NIR (near infrared) sensor with no IR cut filter provided over the NIR sensor and therefore with no blocking of NIR from the NIR sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.