Basf Agro Trademarks Gmbh

Bayer Cropscience Ag

Bayer Intellectual Property Gmbh

Alexandra Gladbach

Reiner Fischer

Udo Reckmann

Erich Sanwald

Reed Nathan Royalty

Gerhard Baron

Peter Marczok

Stephen Krueger

Xavier Alain Van Waetermeulen

Thomas E Macom

Franco Fois

Bjoern Kiepe

Daniel Rechsteiner

Thomas Schilling

Sebastian Hellweg

Birgit Stepponat

Thomas Macom

Xavier Alain Marie Van Waetermeulen

A method () for recognizing weed in a natural environment may be provided. A digital image of weed in an early development stage is captured () among cultivated crop. Areas with a predefined color and texture specification are contoured () defining a boundary contour. The weed is displayed () together with a frame and a quality indicator. Moreover, the digital image is stored () only if a predefined quality criterion is met. Then, unnecessary color information may be reset (), the digital image is sent () for a further examination, and a weed name of the weed of the captured image and a related probability value indicative of a probability of a match between the weed name and the weed of the captured digital image together image is received ().

Recognition of weed in a natural environment

A method for identifying of a type of weed in a natural environment may be provided. The method comprises receiving a digital image of the weed in an early growth stage together with related metadata, contouring areas of leaves and determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a growth stage and determining the type of weed identified by a weed name and a probability of the correctness of the determination using at least one out of a plurality of the received metadata and a plurality of metadata determined during the contouring, during the determining whether the weed is a monocotyledon or a dicotyledon, and during the determination of the growth stage of the weeds as input parameters to a set of classifiers using a storage comprising names of types of weeds together with a plurality of sets of metadata per weed type.

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Leverkusen, Germany

Alexandra Gladbach