Machine-vision system for tracking and quantifying missed tassel during a detasseling operation

A system for tracking missed tassels left by a detasseling machine, the system comprising:

• a cutterhead mounted to a body of the detasseling machine, the cutterhead including at least one cutter for removing one or more tassels during a detasseling operation from plants planted in a geospatial area;
• a rear-facing camera positioned on a main vehicle body of the detasseling machine with a field of view behind the detasseling machine;
• a display screen positioned within an operator cab of the detasseling machine;
• and
• an electronic controller configured to
• receive rear-facing image data captured by the rear-facing camera,
• apply image processing to the rear-facing image data to quantify a missed tassel metric for the geospatial area based on the rear-facing image data, the missed tassel metric corresponding to a number of tassels not removed from plants in the geospatial area by the at least one cutter during the detasseling operation, and
• transmit a signal to the display screen causing the display screen to output an indication of the missed tassel metric for the geospatial area.