Automated plant detection using image data

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums comprising stored instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:

• capturing a first image from a camera, the captured first image comprising image data representing an area of a field;
• inputting a second image based on the captured first image into a plant detection model to:
• generate a plant bounding box within the second image that encloses image data representing an individual plant growing in the area of the field and a region of the field surrounding the individual plant;
• and
• determining, based on the plant bounding box enclosing the image data of the second image, a location of the individual plant relative to a location of a plant treatment platform passing through or over the field.

A system comprising:

• a camera configured to capture a first image comprising image data representing an area of a field;
• a computer;
• and
• a computer readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to perform operations including:
• capturing the first image by the camera;
• inputting a second image based on the captured first image into a plant detection model to:
• generate a plant bounding box within the second image that encloses image data representing an individual plant growing in the area of the field and a region of the field surrounding the individual plant;
• and
• determining, based on the plant bounding box enclosing the image data of the second image, a location of the individual plant relative to a location of a plant treatment platform passing through or over the field.