US 12,348,872 B2
Autonomous phenotype imaging system
Jian Jin, West Lafayette, IN (US); Xuan Li, Lafayette, IN (US); and Ziling Chen, Lafayette, IN (US)
Assigned to Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed by Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/387,986.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,771, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,773, filed on Nov. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0155240 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/13 (2023.01); A01G 7/00 (2006.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.01); H04N 13/271 (2018.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/695 (2023.01) [A01G 7/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); G06V 10/273 (2022.01); G06V 20/188 (2022.01); G06V 20/194 (2022.01); H04N 13/207 (2018.05); H04N 13/271 (2018.05); H04N 23/13 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An autonomous system for providing consistent images of leaves of plants, comprising:
a mobility unit configured to move from an originating position to a position about a plant in a field;
one or more automated vacuum units coupled to the mobility unit configured to be positioned above one or more leaves of the plant, the one or more vacuum units each having one or more fans coupled to an air inlet having a grate, and configured to elevate the one or more leaves of the plant onto the grate;
one or more imaging systems each having one or more cameras configured to obtain images from the one or more leaves of the plant; and
a controller configured to control position of the mobility unit and activate the one or more imaging system to thereby obtain images from the one or more leaves of the plant.