Fruit quantity measurement system and method

Abstract

A fruit quantity measurement system includes an unmanned aerial vehicle configured to receive GPS information about a fruit tree region of a predetermined area and an RF signal transmitted from an RF transmitter installed for each fruit tree and provide fruit tree images captured using at least one image sensor while flying based on a predetermined flight plan over the fruit tree region, and a monitoring server configured to be connected to the unmanned aerial vehicle through a communication network to receive GPS information and an RF signal from the unmanned aerial vehicle, match and store location data for each fruit tree, analyze the fruit tree image, measure the number of fruits for each fruit tree, store fruit counting information, and provide the stored location data or fruit counting information for each fruit tree according to a request from a user terminal authorized in advance.