Method and device for analysis of the structure and the composition of cultured hedges such as for example rows of vines
US7652766B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 23, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 5, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA01G17/02
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The method for analyzing the structure of cultured hedges, equally applicable by day or by night, for a mobile, continuously-moving machine in tied or staked plantations such as vineyards, includes a system using an artificial vision system, working by transmission, which permits a detection of the shadowing of the light between one or more transmitters and one or more detectors to one side and the other of the hedge. The information generated by said shadows of light are processed by an electronic analysis system, programmed or embodied to examine the elements of the structure of the hedge.
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