Development of a Movable Bench System for Strawberries and the Potential for Plant Growth Measurement

A circulating movable bench system for strawberries, in which plants on the benches are moved in both lateral and longitudinal directions, was developed, aiming to increase area productivity and reduce the heating and lighting cost per plant. In the system, all benches pass through a fixed point at a lateral conveyer unit every day to be watered. Therefore, it is believed that the growth information of all plants can be obtained at a high frequency by installing sensors at this fixed point. In this study, a method for counting the number of red fruits and immature green fruits in the movable bench system was proposed. In the measurement system, color images and depth information are obtained from below the strawberry plants. A time-of-flight (TOF) sensor was applied to the system to segment overlapping fruits using the depth information to manage the occlusion of the fruits. As a result, the counting success rate for the red fruit reached 96.8 % with "Amaotome" and 94.7 % with "Benihoppe". Without the depth information, however, this rate reached 90.3 % and 74.3 %, respectively. The counting success rate for the immature fruit was 69.6 % and 71.2 %, respectively.

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

hi@scite.ai

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

Development of a Movable Bench System for Strawberries and the Potential for Plant Growth Measurement

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

BerryIP embedded: An embedded vision system for strawberry crop

BerryIP embedded: An embedded vision system for strawberry crop

Estimation of the Number of Strawberries for a Movable Bench System

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About