UAV image based crop and weed distribution estimation on embedded GPU boards

Authors: Fawakherji Mulham; Potena Ciro; Bloisi Domenico D.; Imperoli Marco; Pretto Alberto; Nardi Daniele

Journal: COMPUTER ANALYSIS OF IMAGES AND PATTERNS (CAIP 2019)

Conference: 1st Workshop on Deep-learning based Computer Vision for UAV, DL-UAV 2019, and 1st Workshop on Visual Computing and Machine Learning for Biomedical Applications, ViMaBi 2019 held at the 18th International Conference on Computer Analysis of Images and Patterns, CAIP 2019

Publisher: Springer Verlag

Published: 2019

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-29930-9_10

Volume: 1089, Pages: 100-108

Keywords: Crop/weed detection; Crop/weed distribution estimation; Precision agriculture;

Research Topics: Computer science; Weed; Artificial intelligence; Distribution (mathematics); Computer vision

Citations: 29 (source: OpenAlex)

Abstract

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in precision agriculture is gaining more and more interest. In this paper, we present a deep learning based method for estimating the crop and weed distribution from images captured by a UAV. The proposed approach runs on an embedded board equipped with a GPU. Quantitative experimental results have been obtained using real images from two different public datasets. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.