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公开(公告)号:US10803311B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-13
申请号:US15975066
申请日:2018-05-09
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Deaglan Halligan , Edward William Jeffcott Pell , Rajesh Radhakrishnan , Thomas Welch Brown , Lee Kamp Redden , James Patrick Ostrowski
IPC: G06K9/00 , G06T7/00 , G06T7/11 , G06K9/62 , G06T7/70 , G06K9/32 , H04N5/235 , H04N5/232 , G06T5/50 , G06T5/00 , G06K9/46 , G06T7/143 , G06T7/174
Abstract: A plant treatment system automatically adjusts camera operation parameters for a camera used by the plant treatment system to identify and treat plants in a field. The plant treatment system can generate image segments of images received from the camera and classify the image segments based on whether the image segments represent plants. The plant treatment system determines whether each of the image segments is over- or under-exposed and adjusts the camera operation parameters for the camera based on the exposure classification of the image segments. Alternatively, the plant treatment system may use a plant detection model to identify plant pixels within an image that represent plants. The plant treatment system can then determine whether the identified plant pixels are over- or under-exposed and adjust the camera operation parameters accordingly.
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公开(公告)号:US20200302170A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-24
申请号:US16893405
申请日:2020-06-04
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:US20190261581A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-29
申请号:US16405810
申请日:2019-05-07
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
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:US10192112B2
公开(公告)日:2019-01-29
申请号:US15341883
申请日:2016-11-02
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Lee Kamp Redden , James Patrick Ostrowski , James Willis , Zeb Wheeler
Abstract: Field data is collected of a field. Each instance of field data contains information that can be used to determine a value corresponding to whether or not a plant is present or absent in a particular location and is referred to as a plant presence value. The plant presence values are aggregated using the position data associated with each instance of field data to generate aggregated plant presence values. Gaps between plots are identified based partly on variations in the plant presence values within the aggregated field data. Information known about a field can be used to heuristically identify gaps in a seed line or used to eliminate locations on a seed line that may look like a gap based on low plant presence values. The aggregated plant presence values can be presented as a heat map of plant presence values showing the relative plant density of the field.
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公开(公告)号:US12171218B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-24
申请号:US18350703
申请日:2023-07-11
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Chia-Chun Fu , Christopher Grant Padwick , James Patrick Ostrowski
IPC: G06T7/50 , A01C23/00 , A01C23/02 , A01G25/09 , A01G25/16 , A01M7/00 , A01M21/04 , G06V10/762 , G06V10/82 , G06V20/10 , G06V30/24
Abstract: A farming machine includes one or more image sensors for capturing an image as the farming machine moves through the field. A control system accesses an image captured by the one or more sensors and identifies a distance value associated with each pixel of the image. The distance value corresponds to a distance between a point and an object that the pixel represents. The control system classifies pixels in the image as crop, plant, ground, etc. based on depth information in in the pixels. The control system generates a labelled point cloud using the labels and depth information, and identifies features about the crops, plants, ground, etc. in the point cloud. The control system generates treatment actions based on any of the depth information, visual information, point cloud, and feature values. The control system actuates a treatment mechanism based on the classified pixels.
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公开(公告)号:US20240334862A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-10
申请号:US18747389
申请日:2024-06-18
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
IPC: A01B79/00 , A01B41/06 , A01C21/00 , A01M21/00 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/04 , G01C7/04 , G01C11/00 , G01C11/06 , G01C15/04
CPC classification number: A01B79/005 , A01B41/06 , A01C21/00 , A01C21/005 , A01M21/00 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/04 , G01C7/04 , G01C11/00 , G01C11/06 , G01C15/04 , Y02A40/10
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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公开(公告)号:US12080019B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US17033318
申请日:2020-09-25
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Chia-Chun Fu , Christopher Grant Padwick , James Patrick Ostrowski , Kent Anderson
CPC classification number: G06T7/73 , G06F18/23 , G06T7/30 , G06T7/55 , G06V20/188 , A01B76/00 , G06T2207/30188
Abstract: A farming machine includes one or more image sensors for capturing an image as the farming machine moves through the field. A control system accesses the image(s) and creates a labelled three-dimensional point cloud representing the field. The control system identifies and treats plants based on the labelled point cloud. To do so, the control system applies pre-processing functions to the labelled point cloud to determine characteristics of the field and/or modify labels in the point cloud. Point clusters in the point cloud are identified as plants, crops, weeds, ground, etc., using the determined characteristics and modified labels. The control system derives feature values for the plants based on the determined characteristics and labels. If the feature value indicates that the plant should be treated, the farming machine actuates a treatment mechanism to treat the plant.
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公开(公告)号:US12041867B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US17544941
申请日:2021-12-08
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
IPC: A01B79/00 , A01B41/06 , A01C21/00 , A01M21/00 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/04 , G01C7/04 , G01C11/00 , G01C11/06 , G01C15/04
CPC classification number: A01B79/005 , A01B41/06 , A01C21/00 , A01C21/005 , A01M21/00 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/04 , G01C7/04 , G01C11/00 , G01C11/06 , G01C15/04 , Y02A40/10
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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公开(公告)号:US20240221223A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-04
申请号:US18609224
申请日:2024-03-19
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: James Patrick Ostrowski , John William Peake , Jacqueline Gao Song
CPC classification number: G06T7/85 , A01B69/001 , G06T7/73 , G06V20/188 , G06V20/56 , G06T2207/30188 , G06T2207/30244
Abstract: The calibration system of the farming machine receives images from the camera array. The images comprise visual information representing a view of a portion of an area surrounding the farming machine. To calibrate the camera array, the system determines a relative pose between pairs of cameras by extracting relative position and orientation characteristics from visual information in images captured by the camera pairs. The calibration system determines a calibration error in part by propagating the relative poses between camera pairs. The calibration system may perform automated self-calibration by adjusting one or more of the cameras in the camera array, or may transmit remedial instructions to an operator to adjust the one or more cameras in the camera array.
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公开(公告)号:US11771077B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17314218
申请日:2021-05-07
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor: Chia-Chun Fu , Christopher Grant Padwick , James Patrick Ostrowski
IPC: A01M7/00 , G06T7/50 , G06V20/10 , G06V10/762 , G06V10/82 , A01M21/04 , A01G25/16 , A01C23/00 , A01G25/09 , A01C23/02 , G06V30/24
CPC classification number: A01M7/0089 , A01C23/007 , A01C23/02 , A01G25/09 , A01G25/16 , A01M7/0042 , A01M21/043 , G06T7/50 , G06V10/762 , G06V10/82 , G06V20/188 , G06V30/248 , G06T2207/10028 , G06T2207/20081 , G06T2207/20084 , G06T2207/30188 , G06V30/2528
Abstract: A farming machine includes one or more image sensors for capturing an image as the farming machine moves through the field. A control system accesses an image captured by the one or more sensors and identifies a distance value associated with each pixel of the image. The distance value corresponds to a distance between a point and an object that the pixel represents. The control system classifies pixels in the image as crop, plant, ground, etc. based on depth information in in the pixels. The control system generates a labelled point cloud using the labels and depth information, and identifies features about the crops, plants, ground, etc. in the point cloud. The control system generates treatment actions based on any of the depth information, visual information, point cloud, and feature values. The control system actuates a treatment mechanism based on the classified pixels.
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