Patent ID: 8355900
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. An analysis method for analyzing a branching structure of a panicle, the analysis method comprising: capturing, by an analysis apparatus that comprises at least one computer, a panicle image; extracting, by the analysis apparatus, branches and seed grains from the panicle image; and determining, by the analysis apparatus, a branching state of the branches; wherein determining the branching state of the branches includes storing, by the analysis apparatus, the branching state of the branches in a data file, the data file having a tree structure corresponding to the branching state of the branches; wherein determining the branching state of the branches comprises: the method further comprising: obtaining a whole pixel average value of gray scale values in all seed grain areas; obtaining a threshold by discriminant analysis; and determining the seed grain to be a state of “fertility” when the whole pixel average value exceeds the threshold, and determining the seed grain to be a state of “sterility” when the whole pixel average value does not exceed the threshold.