System and method for detecting and analyzing features in an agricultural field for vehicle guidance

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8855405
APP PUB NO 20040264763A1
SERIAL NO

10817906

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A system and method for creating 3-dimensional agricultural field scene maps are disclosed comprising producing a pair of images using a stereo camera and creating a disparity image based on the pair of images, the disparity image being a 3-dimensional representation of the stereo images. Coordinate arrays can be produced from the disparity image and the coordinate arrays can be used to render a 3-dimensional local map of the agricultural field scene. Global maps can also be made by using geographic location information associated with various local maps to fuse together multiple local maps into a 3-dimensional global representation of the field scene. The disparity images can be used to analyze a variety of agricultural features.

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  • DEERE & COMPANY;THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Mas, Francisco Rovira Urbana, US 3 181
Reid, John Franklin Champaign, US 22 817
Zhang, Qin Champaign, US 215 2107

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