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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2024
Monsanto Technology Llc, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Chethana Goriga, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Anthony James Jones, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Jeremy Joshua Pittman, Ardmore, OK (US);
MONSANTO TECHNOLOGY LLC, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for identifying features(s) of crops are provided. One example computer-implemented method includes accessing image data specific to a cotton plant. The image data includes images of the cotton plant and, for each image, depth data indicative of a range between surfaces of the cotton plant and a camera(s) that captured the image. The image data further includes tracking data for a device including the camera(s). The method also includes stitching together point clouds, which are defined by the images of the cotton plant, and identifying brighter white segments and darker white segments in the stitched point clouds. The brighter white segments and darker white segments define segment pairs. The method then also includes appending a line between the brighter white segment and the darker white segment of each of the pairs and determining a feature of the cotton plant based on the appended lines and/or pairs.