Patent ID: 9741128
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of characterizing a phenotype of a plant, including: (i) obtaining mesh data representing a surface of the plant, said mesh data including data representing a plurality of polygons having respective sets of vertices, each vertex having a spatial coordinate; and (ii) applying at least two automated segmentations of progressively finer resolution to the mesh data to automatically assign the vertices to distinct morphological regions of the plant; wherein the distinct morphological regions include at least one primary region and one or more secondary regions; wherein the primary region is a main axis region; and wherein step (ii) includes: (iii) applying a first segmentation to the mesh data to generate first-pass segmentation data in which at least some vertices are assigned to the or each primary region, the first segmentation being performed using a first segmentation method; and (iv) applying at least one further segmentation to the first-pass segmentation data using at least one second segmentation method different from the first segmentation method, whereby a segmented mesh is obtained in which vertices remaining unassigned after step (iii) are assigned to one of the secondary regions.