Two-stage approach for detecting slightly overlapping strawberries using HOG descriptor

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 144-153

  Xu, Yongwei ^a   Imou, Kenji ^a   Kaizu, Yutaka ^a   Saga, Kiyotaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR INFORMATIONS; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DETECTION ACCURACY; DETECTION SPEED; HARVESTING ROBOT; HISTOGRAM OF ORIENTED GRADIENTS (HOG); REGIONS OF INTEREST; TWO-STAGE APPROACHES;

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

FRUITS;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 84876703384     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2013.03.011     Document Type: Article

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