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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2018
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kousuke Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Oominato, Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Akimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Masami Sakaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shintaro Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vegetation index calculation apparatus () is provided with a learning model generation unit () that generates a learning model, by using an image of a crop targeted for calculation of a vegetation index and an image of plants other than the crop to learn a feature amount of the image of the crop, an image acquisition unit () that acquires an aerial image of a target region where the crop is being grown, a specification unit () that applies the aerial image acquired by the image acquisition unit () to the learning model generated by the learning model generation unit (), and specifies the image of the crop in the aerial image acquired by the image acquisition unit (), and a vegetation index calculation unit () that calculates the vegetation index of the crop, using the image of the crop specified by the specification unit ().