Apparatus, systems and methods for image plant counting
AssigneeAg Leader Technology
InventorsAaron Friedlein, Mike Custer, Corey Weddle
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Abstract
A method for evaluating post emergence crops, comprising: capturing images of an area of interest at a first point in time; geo-referencing the images with as-planted data; processing the images to isolate individual plants with the images; modeling the surface of the individual plants; generating at least one crop characteristic for each individual plant; identifying a location for each individual plant; and comparing the locations with as-planted data of expected plant locations.
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A method for evaluating post-emergence crop stands, comprising:
- collecting images of an area of interest;
- geo-referencing the collected images;
- processing the collected images to isolate individual plants within the collected images;
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- determining at least one plant characteristic for each individual plant within the collected images.
A method for evaluating post emergence crops, comprising:
- capturing images of an area of interest at a first point in time;
- geo-referencing the images with as-planted data;
- processing the images to isolate individual plants within the images;
- modeling the surface of the individual plants;
- generating at least one crop characteristic for each individual plant;
- identifying a location for each individual plant;
- and
- comparing the locations with as-planted data of expected plant locations.
A method for comparing as-planted data to post-emergence data, comprising:
- acquiring as-planted data from a field computing device;
- identifying planter rows for each implement pass;
- creating a point map of individual plant location from collected images;
- assigning plants to a planter row and implement pass;
- determining any plants that are more than a threshold distance from a centerline of a planter row;
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- generating a distance between adjacent plants.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.