Patent ID: 11889789
Assignee: MYCIONICS INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A vision system for an automated harvester, the vision system comprising:
a rail sized to extend across a first dimension of a growing bed and be supported above the growing bed by a frame of the automated harvester;
a plurality of 3D scanners spaced along the rail to span across the first dimension of the growing bed that lies beneath the rail, each 3D scanner comprising:
a laser;
a slot to permit an output from the laser to be directed by the laser towards the growing bed below the rail;
at least one camera to capture images of items in the growing bed that intersect the output from the laser emitted from the slot; and

a processing unit to process the captured images from the plurality of 3D scanners.