Patent ID: 11927551
Assignee: AMERICAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for estimating weight of plants, wherein the plants are organized in at least one row and wherein the plants comprise at least one fruit bearing portion, the method comprising:
irradiating the plants with X-rays from a first side and a second side, wherein the first side opposes the second side;
obtaining a first scan image of the plants from the first side and a second scan image of the plants from the second side;
correlating a portion of the first scan image with a portion of the second scan image to obtain an area of overlap between the first scan image and the second scan image;
based on said correlation, isolating the at least one fruit bearing portion from first scan image and second scan image to generate a second set of images;
aligning a first of the second set of images with a second of the second set of images based on whether the first of the second set of images and the second of the second set of images show different views of a same one of the at least one fruit bearing portion; and
estimating a weight of a portion of the plants by using the aligned images.