Normalizing counts of plant-parts-of-interest

A system comprising one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, in response to execution by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• obtain a plurality of digital images acquired by a range-capable vision sensor carried by a ground-based vehicle past at least first and second plants, wherein differing spatial dimensions of the first and second plants cause parts of the first and second plants to be first and second distances, respectively, from the range-capable vision sensor as it passes the at least first and second plants;
• process one or more of the digital images depicting the first plant;
• based on the processing:
• estimate the first distance of the range-capable vision sensor to the first plant,
• estimate a spatial dimension of the first plant, and
• determine a count of visible plant-parts-of-interest of the first plant that were captured within a field of view of the range-capable vision sensor;
• based on the estimated first distance, normalize the count of visible plant-parts-of-interest of the first plant with another count of visible plant-parts-of-interest determined from one or more of the digital images depicting the second plant;
• and
• predict a crop yield using the normalized count of visible plant-parts-of-interest and the first spatial dimension of the first plant.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• obtain a plurality of digital images acquired by a range-capable vision sensor carried by a ground-based vehicle past at least first and second plants, wherein differing spatial dimensions of the first and second plants cause parts of the first and second plants to be first and second distances, respectively, from the range-capable vision sensor as it passes the at least first and second plants;
• process one or more of the digital images depicting the first plant;
• based on the processing:
• estimate the first distance of the range-capable vision sensor to the first plant,
• estimate a spatial dimension of the first plant, and
• determine a count of visible plant-parts-of-interest of the first plant that were captured within a field of view of the range-capable vision sensor;
• based on the estimated first distance, normalize the count of visible plant-parts-of-interest of the first plant with another count of visible plant-parts-of-interest determined from one or more of the digital images depicting the second plant;
• and
• predict a crop yield using the normalized count of visible plant-parts-of-interest and the first spatial dimension of the first plant.