Plant Stand Counter

摘要

A method for recognizing individual plants of a selected type growing in a field, wherein the method comprises capturing color NIR image data of an entire field having plants of a selected type growing therein utilizing an automated plant counting system and calculating a ratio value between each pixel of the color image data and the corresponding pixel of the NIR image data utilizing a plant recognition algorithm executed via a data processing system of the plant counting system. The method additionally comprises generating, via execution of the plant recognition algorithm, a false color image of the field based on the calculated ratios for each pixel, and identifying, via execution of the plant recognition algorithm, all plants of the selected type in the false color image based on a plant distinguishing characteristic uniquely rendered for each individual plant of the selected type in the false color image.

主权项

1. A method for detecting individual plants growing in a field, said method comprising:
capturing color image data and near infrared (NIR) image data of a plurality of plants growing in a field utilizing a self-propelled mobile platform having one or more multispectral cameras suspended above a ground surface; calculating a ratio value between a pixel of the color image data and a corresponding pixel of the NIR image data utilizing a plant recognition algorithm executed via a data processing system; generating, via execution of the plant recognition algorithm, a false color image based on the calculated ratios; and detecting, via execution of the plant recognition algorithm, individual plants growing in the field based on at least one characteristic in the false color image.