Detection algorithm for crop multi-centerlines based on machine vision

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1089-1097

  Zhang, Hongxia ^a   Chen, Bingqi ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Clustering target points; Horizontal scan line; Multi centerlines detection; Vision based guidance system; Wheat field image

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; CENTERLINES; CLUSTERING TARGET POINTS; COLOR DIFFERENCES; COLOR IMAGING; CROP ROWS; DETECTION ALGORITHMS; FIELD CONDITIONS; GRAY-SCALE IMAGES; GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE; MACHINE VISION; MULTI-CENTERLINES DETECTION; SCAN LINE; SELF-ADAPTATION; TARGET REGIONS; TEST RESULTS; VISION-BASED; VISION-BASED GUIDANCE SYSTEM; WHEAT FIELD IMAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; COMPUTER VISION; ELECTRONIC GUIDANCE SYSTEMS; HOUGH TRANSFORMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TARGETS;

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALGORITHM; COLOR; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE; ROBOTICS; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 49549122647     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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