Device for providing total trichome count and density of cannabis inflorescences
AssigneeChubby Cat, Inc.
InventorsRobert Vincent O'Brien, III, Jon Chappell
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Abstract
A device consisting of a digital camera with a microscope objective lens, a disc where plant material can be mounted and automatically rotated, and two other cameras for determining the plant material's shape and size, that allows images of intact cannabis trichomes to be taken, without destruction or damage to the plant material, and automatically counts and calculates the density of the trichomes on the inflorescence surface. This does not require taking any plant cuttings, does not require the use of a microscope or microscope slides, and allows multiple measurements to be taken of a single inflorescence sample in quick succession, without the need for manual image analysis.
Claims5
A system for automatically measuring trichomes on an unaltered plant material, the system comprising:
- a movable platform;
- a motor;
- a first digital camera;
- a second digital camera;
- a computing device;
- and
- a display;
- wherein
- the movable platform is configured to hold the unaltered plant material;
- the motor is configured to rotate the movable platform;
- the first digital camera comprises a microscope objective lens and is configured to capture one or more top view images of the unaltered plant material held on the movable platform;
- the second digital camera is configured to capture one or more side view images of the unaltered plant material;
- held on the movable platform;
- and
- the computing device is connected to the motor, the first digital camera, the second digital camera and the display, and comprises a memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the controller, cause:
- the first camera to capture the one or more top view images;
- the second camera to capture the one or more side view images;
- and
- the computing device to calculate an average trichome cap diameter and an average stalk height of the trichomes by analyzing trichome morphology information on the one or more top view images and the one or more side view images and to output to the display the calculated average trichome cap diameter and the calculated average stalk height of the trichomes.
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