Automated debris mass estimation for citrus mechanical harvesting systems using machine vision

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 673-685

  Bansal, R ^a   Lee, W S ^b   Shankar, R ^c   Ehsani, R ^d  

^a Applications Engineer   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canker; Citrus; Citrus greening; Debris estimation; Disease; Filter; Harvesting; Trash

Indexed keywords

CANKER; CITRUS; CITRUS GREENING; FILTER; TRASH;

ALGORITHMS; CITRUS FRUITS; COMPUTER VISION; ESTIMATION; EXPERIMENTS; HARVESTERS; HARVESTING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MACHINE SHOPS; MACHINERY; MATHEMATICAL MORPHOLOGY; PIXELS;

DEBRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS;

EID: 80053936051     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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