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Tree seedling inventory system

Grant US12591848B2 Kind: B2 Mar 31, 2026

Assignee

Auburn University

Inventors

Yin Bao, James L. Johnson, Bobby Bradford, Rafael Bidese Puhl

Abstract

The present tree seedling inventory system includes both a mobile platform used to obtain images of seedlings and a tree seedling inventory system to count the seedlings. A recurrent neural network can receive processed imaging data and utilize a model to accurately count the seedlings as the mobile platform passes along a seedling bed. The system may also provide additional accurate seedling quality data about the seedlings, such as shoot height, root collar diameter, and needle coloration.

CPC Classifications

G06Q 10/087 G06Q 50/02 G06T 7/10 G06T 2207/20084 G06T 2207/20132 G06T 2207/30188 G06T 2207/30242 G06T 7/215 G06V 10/82 G06V 2201/06 G06V 10/147 G06V 10/62 G06V 10/80 G06V 20/60 G06V 20/10 G06V 20/188

Filing Date

2023-02-24

Application No.

18174350

Claims

19