Distance-based control system for machine vision-based selective spraying

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1255-1262

  Steward, Brian L ^a   Tian, Lei F ^b   Tang, Lie ^c  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Control strategy; Machine vision; Real time; Selective spray

Indexed keywords

HERBICIDES; NOZZLES; SPRAYING; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEED CONTROL;

WEED SENSING;

HYDROLOGY;

HERBICIDE; IMAGING METHOD; SELECTION; SPRAYING;

EID: 0036767232     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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