Using depth cameras to extract structural parameters to assess the growth state and yield of cauliflower crops

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 122, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-73

  Andújar, Dionisio ^a   Ribeiro, Angela ^a   Fernández Quintanilla, César ^b   Dorado, José ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kinect; Plant structure characterization; Volume estimation; Weight estimation

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CROPS; FRUITS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); ROBOTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIDEO STREAMING;

CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES; HORTICULTURAL CROPS; KINECT; PLANT STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; VISUAL ESTIMATION; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS; WEIGHT ESTIMATION;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; CORRELATION; CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; HORTICULTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSTRUMENTATION; LEAFY VEGETABLE; OPTIMIZATION; RIPENING; ROBOTICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 84956623797     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2016.01.018     Document Type: Article

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