Applications of computer vision techniques to cotton foreign matter inspection: A review

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-70

  Zhang, Hang ^a,b,c,d,e   Li, Daoliang ^a,c,d,e  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Beijing Engineering and Technology Research Center for Internet of Things in Agriculture   (China)

^d AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^e Beijing Engineering Center for Advanced Sensors in Agriculture   (China)

Author keywords

Computer vision; Foreign matter; Hyperspectral imaging; Image processing

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COTTON; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSPECTION; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINNING (FIBERS); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM; COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FOREIGN MATTER; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRIC DETECTION; ULTRASONIC DETECTION;

COMPUTER VISION;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMPUTER VISION; COST ANALYSIS; COTTON; DETECTION METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; PLANT PRODUCT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; ULTRASONICS;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84907991603     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2014.09.004     Document Type: Review

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