Robotic cultivator
US5442552A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 16, 1993 |
| Grant date | Aug 15, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 16, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/25
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A robotic cultivator is provided for automatically positioning cultivation tools relative to a centerline of a plant row. The cultivator comprises a video camera for gathering visual information about plants in a plant row. A frame grabber is then utilized to generate a digitized image of the visual information. A computer then manipulates the visual information to determine a centerline of the plant row. Finally, a positioning device moves the cultivation tools based upon the current position of the tools with respect to the centerline.
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