Automated plant trimmer
AssigneeBloom Automation, Inc.
InventorJon Thomas GOWA
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Abstract
The automated trimming of an untrimmed plant stem comprises a device for transporting an untrimmed plant stem to an imaging stage, using a camera to capture at least one image of the plant stem, sending the at least one image to a central processor which creates a trim map which constructs a pattern for moving a cutting armature along the plant stem, and trimming the plant stem by cutting structure of the cutting armature to change the untrimmed plant stem to a trimmed plant stem.
Claims21
An automated device for trimming an untrimmed plant stein comprising:
- a transport mechanism for holding and moving the plant stem;
- a camera and an imaging stage;
- a cutting armature having cutting structure for trimming the plant stem;
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- a central processor;
- wherein the transport mechanism moves the plant stem proximate to the imaging stage for image capture;
- the camera disposed toward the imaging stage to capture at least one image of the plant stem;
- the central processor receiving the at least one image from the camera to create a trim map using at least some data gathered from the at least one image;
- and the central processor moving the cutting armature as guided by the trim map to position the cutting structure against the plant stem for trimming the plant stem whereby the untrimmed plant stem is changed to a trimmed plant stem.
A method for the automated trimming of an untrimmed plant stem comprising transporting an untrimmed plant stem to an imaging stage, using a camera to capture at least one image of the plant stem, sending the at least one image to a central processor which creates a trim map which constructs a pattern for moving a cutting armature along the plant stem, and trimming the plant stem by cutting structure of the cutting armature to change the untrimmed plant stem to a trimmed plant stem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.