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公开(公告)号:US09030549B2
公开(公告)日:2015-05-12
申请号:US13788320
申请日:2013-03-07
Applicant: Blue River Technology, Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
CPC classification number: A01B41/06 , A01D75/00 , A01G7/00 , A01M21/00 , G06K9/00657 , G06K9/2036 , G06K9/3241 , G06K2209/17 , G06T7/11 , G06T7/66 , G06T7/73 , G06T2207/20164 , G06T2207/30128 , G06T2207/30188 , G06T2207/30252
Abstract: A method of distinguishing individual plants within a row of plants, including directing radiation at the row of plants at an angle selected to illuminate a portion of the plant and cast a shadow at the plant center, collecting an image from the radiation reflected off of two or more contiguous plants with a detector, identifying a continuous foreground region indicative of a plant within the image, identifying points of interest within the region, classifying the points of interest as plant centers and non-plant centers, and segmenting the region into sub-regions, each sub-region encompassing a single point of interest classified as a plant center.
Abstract translation: 一种区分一排植物中的单个植物的方法,包括以选定以照射植物的一部分并在植物中心投射阴影的角度引导植物的排列处的辐射,从放射线反射的辐射收集图像 或具有检测器的更连续的植物,识别指示图像内的植物的连续前景区域,识别该区域内的感兴趣点,将兴趣点分类为植物中心和非植物中心,以及将该区域分割为子区域, 区域,包括分类为植物中心的单个兴趣点的每个子区域。
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公开(公告)号:US20250119520A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-10
申请号:US18917882
申请日:2024-10-16
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
IPC: H04N13/243 , G06F18/2415 , G06T7/593 , G06V10/764 , G06V20/00 , G06V20/10 , H04N13/00 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/204 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/271
Abstract: Described are methods for identifying the in-field positions of plant features on a plant by plant basis. These positions are determined based on images captured as a vehicle (e.g., tractor, sprayer, etc.) including one or more cameras travels through the field along a row of crops. The in-field positions of the plant features are useful for a variety of purposes including, for example, generating three-dimensional data models of plants growing in the field, assessing plant growth and phenotypic features, determining what kinds of treatments to apply including both where to apply the treatments and how much, determining whether to remove weeds or other undesirable plants, and so on.
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公开(公告)号:US11974562B2
公开(公告)日:2024-05-07
申请号:US17749113
申请日:2022-05-19
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
CPC classification number: A01M21/04 , A01G22/20 , A01M21/043 , A01M21/046
Abstract: A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US20240031548A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-25
申请号:US18479504
申请日:2023-10-02
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
IPC: H04N13/243 , H04N13/204 , G06T7/593 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/271 , G06V20/00 , G06F18/2415 , G06V10/764 , G06V20/10
CPC classification number: H04N13/243 , H04N13/204 , G06T7/593 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/271 , G06V20/38 , G06F18/2415 , G06V10/764 , G06V20/188 , H04N2013/0081
Abstract: Described are methods for identifying the in-field positions of plant features on a plant by plant basis. These positions are determined based on images captured as a vehicle (e.g., tractor, sprayer, etc.) including one or more cameras travels through the field along a row of crops. The in-field positions of the plant features are useful for a variety of purposes including, for example, generating three-dimensional data models of plants growing in the field, assessing plant growth and phenotypic features, determining what kinds of treatments to apply including both where to apply the treatments and how much, determining whether to remove weeds or other undesirable plants, and so on.
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公开(公告)号:US20230337601A1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-26
申请号:US18302662
申请日:2023-04-18
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
CPC classification number: A01G22/00 , A01C21/002 , A01M21/04 , A01M21/043 , Y02A40/10
Abstract: A modular system includes a hub and a set of modules removably coupled to the hub. The modules are physically coupled to the frame relative to each other so that each module can operate with respect to a different row of a field. An individual module includes a sensor for capturing field measurement data of individual plants along a row as the modular system moves through the geographic region. An individual module further includes a treatment mechanism for applying a treatment to the individual plants of the row based on the field measurement data before the modular system passes by the individual plants. An individual module further includes a computing device that determines the treatment based on the field measurement data and communicates data to the hub. The hub is communicatively coupled to the modules, so that it may exchange data between the modules and with a remote computing system.
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公开(公告)号:US11748976B2
公开(公告)日:2023-09-05
申请号:US17378658
申请日:2021-07-17
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden , Christopher Grant Padwick , Rajesh Radhakrishnan , James Patrick Ostrowski
IPC: G06T7/00 , G06V10/764 , A01M7/00 , G06T7/73 , G06V20/10 , G06V10/20 , G06V10/44 , G06V20/20 , G06F18/2413
CPC classification number: G06V10/764 , A01M7/0089 , G06F18/2414 , G06T7/0002 , G06T7/75 , G06V10/255 , G06V10/451 , G06V20/188 , G06V20/20 , G06T2207/10024 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/20132 , G06T2207/30188 , G06T2210/12
Abstract: A plant treatment platform uses a plant detection model to detect plants as the plant treatment platform travels through a field. The plant treatment platform receives image data from a camera that captures images of plants (e.g., crops or weeds) growing in the field. The plant treatment platform applies pre-processing functions to the image data to prepare the image data for processing by the plant detection model. For example, the plant treatment platform may reformat the image data, adjust the resolution or aspect ratio, or crop the image data. The plant treatment platform applies the plant detection model to the pre-processed image data to generate bounding boxes for the plants. The plant treatment platform then can apply treatment to the plants based on the output of the machine-learned model.
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公开(公告)号:US20230240195A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US18132345
申请日:2023-04-07
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden , Matthew Colgan
CPC classification number: A01G7/00 , G01N33/0098 , G06V10/751 , A01C21/007 , A01G7/06 , G01B11/24 , G06V20/68
Abstract: A system for plant parameter detection, including: a plant morphology sensor having a first field of view and configured to record a morphology measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, a plant physiology sensor having a second field of view and configured to record a plant physiology parameter measurement of a plant portion and an ambient environment adjacent the plant, wherein the second field of view overlaps with the first field of view; a support statically coupling the plant morphology sensor to the physiology sensor, and a computing system configured to: identify a plant set of pixels within the physiology measurement based on the morphology measurement; determine physiology values for each pixel of the plant set of pixels; and extract a growth parameter based on the physiology values.
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公开(公告)号:US20230076562A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-09
申请号:US17985766
申请日:2022-11-11
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Andrei Polzounov , James Patrick Ostrowski , Lee Kamp Redden , Olgert Denas , Chia-Chun Fu , Chris Padwick
Abstract: A farming machine including a number of treatment mechanisms treats plants according to a treatment plan as the farming machine moves through the field. The control system of the farming machine executes a plant identification model configured to identify plants in the field for treatment. The control system generates a treatment map identifying which treatment mechanisms to actuate to treat the plants in the field. To generate a treatment map, the farming machine captures an image of plants, processes the image to identify plants, and generates a treatment map. The plant identification model can be a convolutional neural network having an input layer, an identification layer, and an output layer. The input layer has the dimensionality of the image, the identification layer has a greatly reduced dimensionality, and the output layer has the dimensionality of the treatment mechanisms.
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公开(公告)号:US20220346364A1
公开(公告)日:2022-11-03
申请号:US17749113
申请日:2022-05-19
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden
Abstract: A method for plant treatment, including: receiving a first measurement for a plant from a sensor as the sensor moves within a geographic area comprising a plurality of plants; in response to receipt of the first measurement and prior to receipt of a second measurement for a second plant of the plurality, determining a set of treatment mechanism operation parameters for the plant to optimize a geographic area output parameter based on the first measurement and historical measurements for the geographic area; determining an initial treatment parameter for the plant; and operating a treatment mechanism in a treatment mode based on the set of operating parameters in response to satisfaction of the initial treatment parameter.
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公开(公告)号:US11197409B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-14
申请号:US16153824
申请日:2018-10-08
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
IPC: A01B79/00 , G01C11/00 , G01C15/04 , G01C7/04 , G01C11/06 , A01C21/00 , A01M21/00 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/04 , A01B41/06
Abstract: A method including: recording a first image of a first field region; automatically treating a plant within the first region in-situ based on the first image; automatically verifying the plant treatment with a second image of the first region; and automatically treating a second region concurrently with treatment verification.
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