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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
David Arthur Larose, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Chandler Fromme, Sycamore, PA (US);
David Jonathan Stager, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael Knoll Sergi-curfman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Andrew Bagnell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Elliot Allen Cuzzillo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
L. Douglas Baker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
David Arthur LaRose, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Christopher Chandler Fromme, Sycamore, PA (US);
David Jonathan Stager, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Michael Knoll Sergi-Curfman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
James Andrew Bagnell, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Elliot Allen Cuzzillo, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
L. Douglas Baker, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention encompasses software that brings together computer vision and machine learning algorithms that can evaluate and sort plants into desired categories. While one embodiment of the present invention is directed toward strawberry plants, the software engine described is not specifically designed for strawberry plants but can be used for many different types of plants that require sophisticated quality sorting. The present invention is a sequence of software operations that can be applied to various crops (or other objects besides plants) in a re-usable fashion.