Computer system, plant diagnosis method, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10690644-B2
Application number	US-201616492416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2016
Priority date	Oct 18, 2016
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

The purpose of the present disclosure is to provide a computer system, a plant diagnosis method, and a program in which the measurement accuracy of the temperature of each site of a target is improved. The computer system acquires a visible light image and an infrared image that are imaged by a camera, identifies a region, in the visible light image, which corresponds to a predetermined site of a plant imaged by the camera, identifies a region, in the infrared image, which corresponds to the identified region in the visible light image, and diagnoses the plant based on the temperature of the identified region in the infrared image.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer system comprising: a processor and a storage; wherein the storage stores a processor-executable program executed by the processor, and the program comprises:
a storage unit configured to store a feature value or an RGB value of a plant in advance;
a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a visible light image and an infrared image that are imaged by a camera;
a first image processing unit configured to compare a feature value or an RGB value, which is extracted from data of the visible light image, with the feature value or the RGB value of the plant stored in the storage unit, discriminate a plant present in the data of the visible light image, and identify a region, which corresponds to a predetermined site of the discriminated plant, according to the feature value or the RGB value;
a second image processing unit configured to identify a region, in the infrared image, which corresponds to the identified region in the visible light image; and
a diagnosis unit configured to diagnosis the plant based on a temperature of the identified region in the infrared image, wherein the diagnosis unit uses the temperature of another individual plant when diagnosing one of a plurality of individual plants, wherein the another individual plant is different from the one of the plurality of individual plants.

2. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises:
a storage unit configured to store a plurality of reference temperatures corresponding to each of a plurality of sites of the plant, wherein
the first image processing unit identifies a plurality of regions corresponding to each of a plurality of predetermined sites, and
the diagnosis unit compares temperatures in the plurality of regions identified by the second image processing unit with each of the reference temperatures.

3. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first image processing unit respectively discriminates a plurality of individual plants imaged by the camera, and
the diagnosis unit outputs a diagnosis result for each of the plurality of individual plants.

4. The computer system according to claim 3 , wherein
the first image processing unit identifies a positional relationship between a first individual plant and a second individual plant comprised in the plurality of individual plants for determining an affection of sunlight and lighting, and
the diagnosis unit uses the positional relationship.

5. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises:
a second acquisition unit configured to acquire environmental information indicating a living environment of the plant, wherein
the diagnosis unit uses the environmental information.

6. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein
the first acquisition unit acquires the visible light image and the infrared image at a plurality of time points respectively, and
the diagnosis unit uses a plurality of the visible light images and a plurality of the infrared images acquired within a predetermined period.

7. The computer system according to claim 1 , wherein the program further comprises:
an adjustment unit configured to adjust a living environment based on information indicating the diagnosis result output by the diagnosis unit.

8. A plant diagnosis method, comprising:
storing a feature value or an RGB value of a plant in a storage unit in advance;
acquiring a visible light image and an infrared image that are imaged by a camera;
comparing a feature value or an RGB value, which is extracted from data of the visible light image, with the feature value or the RGB value of the plant stored in the storage unit,
discriminating a plant present in the data of the visible light image, and identifying a region, which corresponds to a predetermined site of the discriminated plant, according to the feature value or the RGB value;
identifying a region, in the infrared image, which corresponds to the identified region in the visible light image; and
diagnosing the plant based on a temperature of the identified region in the infrared image, using the temperature of another individual plant when diagnosing one of a plurality of individual plants, wherein the another individual plant is different from the one of the plurality of individual plants.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium causing a computer system to execute:
storing a feature value or an RGB value of a plant in a storage unit in advance;
acquiring a visible light image and an infrared image that are imaged by a camera;
comparing a feature value or an RGB value, which is extracted from data of the visible light image, with the feature value or the RGB value of the plant stored in the storage unit, discriminating a plant present in the data of the visible light image, and identifying a region, which corresponds to a predetermined site of the discriminated plant, according to the feature value or the RGB value; and
identifying a region, in the infrared image, which corresponds to the identified region in the visible light image;
diagnosing the plant based on a temperature of the identified region in the infrared image, using the temperature of another individual plant when diagnosing one of a plurality of individual plants, wherein the another individual plant is different from the one of the plurality of individual plants.

Assignees

• Optim Corp

Inventors

• Sugaya Shunji

Classifications

• G06T2207/10048

  Infrared image · CPC title

• G06T7/0012

  Biomedical image inspection · CPC title

• G06T2207/10024

  Color image · CPC title

• G06T7/90

  Determination of colour characteristics · CPC title

• G01N33/0098 Primary

  Plants or trees (wood G01N33/46) · CPC title