Image analysis – Applications – Vehicle or traffic control
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-29
2011-03-29
Le, Vu (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Applications
Vehicle or traffic control
C382S103000, C382S106000, C382S110000, C382S153000, C382S154000, C250S334000, C348S120000, C356S003100, C356S005010, C700S253000, C700S269000, C701S028000, C701S050000, C701S223000, C701S300000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07916898
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for identifying an edge of a crop facilitates guidance of an agricultural machine or other work vehicle along an edge of a crop at an interface between harvested and unharvested portions of a field. A transmitter emits a plurality of a transmitted radiation pattern of one or more generally linear beams spaced apart within a defined spatial zone. A receiver collects an image of the defined spatial zone. A detector detects a presence of crop edge between a harvested and unharvested portion of a field based on an observed illumination radiation pattern on the unharvested portion formed by at least one of the generally linear beams. A data processor identifies coordinate data, in the collected image, associated with the detected crop edge.
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