Detection of cherry tree branches with full foliage in planar architecture for automated sweet-cherry harvesting

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 146, Issue , 2016, Pages 3-15

  Amatya, Suraj ^a,b   Karkee, Manoj ^a,b   Gongal, Aleana ^a,b   Zhang, Qin ^a,b   Whiting, Matthew D ^b,c  

^a Department of Biological Systems Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian classifier; Branch detection; Cherry harvesting; Image segmentation; Upright fruiting offshoots; Vertical planar architecture

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; FORESTRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MACHINERY; PIXELS;

BAYESIAN CLASSIFIER; IMPROVING EFFICIENCY; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; MECHANIZED HARVESTING; PLANAR ARCHITECTURE; SEGMENTATION METHODS; UPRIGHT FRUITING OFFSHOOTS; VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

HARVESTING;

EID: 84992308981     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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