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公开(公告)号：US20210327133A1
公开(公告)日：2021-10-21
申请号：US17327516
申请日：2021-05-21
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden , Nicholas Apostoloff
Abstract: A technique for generating virtual models of plants in a field is described. Generally, this includes recording images of plants in-situ; generating point clouds from the images; generating skeleton segments from the point cloud; classifying a subset of skeleton segments as unique plant features using the images; and growing plant skeletons from skeleton segments classified as unique plant feature. The technique may be used to generate a virtual model of a single, real plant, a portion of a real plant field, and/or the entirety of the real plant field. The virtual model can be analyzed to determine or estimate a variety of individual plant or plant population parameters, which in turn can be used to identify potential treatments or thinning practices, or predict future values for yield, plant uniformity, or any other parameter can be determined from the projected results based on the virtual model.
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公开(公告)号：US20210264624A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-26
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
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：US11030804B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-08
申请号：US16984026
申请日：2020-08-03
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden , Nicholas Apostoloff
Abstract: A technique for generating virtual models of plants in a field is described. Generally, this includes recording images of plants in-situ; generating point clouds from the images; generating skeleton segments from the point cloud; classifying a subset of skeleton segments as unique plant features using the images; and growing plant skeletons from skeleton segments classified as unique plant feature. The technique may be used to generate a virtual model of a single, real plant, a portion of a real plant field, and/or the entirety of the real plant field. The virtual model can be analyzed to determine or estimate a variety of individual plant or plant population parameters, which in turn can be used to identify potential treatments or thinning practices, or predict future values for yield, plant uniformity, or any other parameter can be determined from the projected results based on the virtual model.
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公开(公告)号：US20210058603A1
公开(公告)日：2021-02-25
申请号：US17012055
申请日：2020-09-04
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden
IPC: H04N13/204 , G06T7/593 , G06K9/62 , G06K9/00 , H04N13/128 , H04N13/239 , H04N13/271 , H04N13/243
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：US20200296951A1
公开(公告)日：2020-09-24
申请号：US16896664
申请日：2020-06-09
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Thomas Welch Brown , Eric M. Gawehn
IPC: A01M7/00
Abstract: A treatment system for spraying treatment fluid onto plants in a field is described. The treatment system includes a configurable treatment mechanism including an array of nozzles and valve assemblies coupled into manifolds, and manifold assemblies. The nozzle comprises a nozzle housing and an insert assembly contained within the nozzle housing. When coupled, a top casing including a fluid inlet and a bottom casing including at least one fluid outlet form the nozzle housing. The insert assembly comprises at least one nozzle insert to fluidically couple the fluid inlet and the fluid outlets such that fluid entering from the fluid inlet exits the nozzle housing through the fluid outlets.
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公开(公告)号：US10769845B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-08
申请号：US15996810
申请日：2018-06-04
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden , Nicholas Apostoloff
Abstract: A technique for generating virtual models of plants in a field is described. Generally, this includes recording images of plants in-situ; generating point clouds from the images; generating skeleton segments from the point cloud; classifying a subset of skeleton segments as unique plant features using the images; and growing plant skeletons from skeleton segments classified as unique plant feature. The technique may be used to generate a virtual model of a single, real plant, a portion of a real plant field, and/or the entirety of the real plant field. The virtual model can be analyzed to determine or estimate a variety of individual plant or plant population parameters, which in turn can be used to identify potential treatments or thinning practices, or predict future values for yield, plant uniformity, or any other parameter can be determined from the projected results based on the virtual model.
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公开(公告)号：US10524402B2
公开(公告)日：2020-01-07
申请号：US15665025
申请日：2017-07-31
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Redden
IPC: A01B41/06 , G06K9/32 , A01D75/00 , G06T7/73 , G06T7/11 , G06T7/66 , G06K9/00 , G06K9/20 , A01G7/00 , A01M21/00
Abstract: A method of real-time plant selection and removal from a plant field including capturing a first image of a first section of the plant field, segmenting the first image into regions indicative of individual plants within the first section, selecting the optimal plants for retention from the first image based on the first image and the previously thinned plant field sections, sending instructions to the plant removal mechanism for removal of the plants corresponding to the unselected regions of the first image from the second section before the machine passes the unselected regions, and repeating the aforementioned steps for a second section of the plant field adjacent the first section in the direction of machine travel.
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88.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20190090408A1
公开(公告)日：2019-03-28
申请号：US16153824
申请日：2018-10-08
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
IPC: A01B79/00 , A01C21/00 , A01M21/04 , A01M21/02 , A01M21/00 , G01C11/00 , A01B41/06 , G01C11/06 , G01C7/04 , G01C15/04
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：US10127450B2
公开(公告)日：2018-11-13
申请号：US15341890
申请日：2016-11-02
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden , James Patrick Ostrowski , James Willis , Zebulon Elias 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：US10008035B1
公开(公告)日：2018-06-26
申请号：US15157997
申请日：2016-05-18
Applicant: Blue River Technology Inc.
Inventor： Lee Kamp Redden , Nicholas Apostoloff
CPC classification number: G06T17/05 , G06T7/11 , G06T7/194 , G06T7/33 , G06T7/337 , G06T7/344 , G06T7/74 , G06T15/08 , G06T17/20 , G06T2210/56 , G06T2219/2008
Abstract: A technique for generating virtual models of plants in a field is described. Generally, this includes recording images of plants in-situ; generating point clouds from the images; generating skeleton segments from the point cloud; classifying a subset of skeleton segments as unique plant features using the images; and growing plant skeletons from skeleton segments classified as unique plant feature. The technique may be used to generate a virtual model of a single, real plant, a portion of a real plant field, and/or the entirety of the real plant field. The virtual model can be analyzed to determine or estimate a variety of individual plant or plant population parameters, which in turn can be used to identify potential treatments or thinning practices, or predict future values for yield, plant uniformity, or any other parameter can be determined from the projected results based on the virtual model.
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