METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING BUDS FROM A STALK OF A GRAMINACEOUS PLANT

• Main Authors: TEIXEIRA CASSIO DA SILVA CARDOSO, CERRI DOMINGOS GUILHERME PELLEGRINO, RÖDEL HARALD, AZENHA ANTONIO CESAR, NETO EFRAIM ALBRECHT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 26.03.2015
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED; CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING; FISHING; FORESTRY; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEVERING; TRANSPORTING; TRAPPING; WATERING

The present invention relates to a method for extracting buds 8 from a stalk 1 of a graminaceous plant comprising the steps of automatically detecting a bud 8 on the stalk 1 and cutting out a vegetal tissue comprising the bud 8 based on the detected position of the bud 8. According to the method the step of detecting the bud 8 on the stalk 1 comprises obtaining the longitudinal position of the bud 8 in the longitudinal direction of the stalk 1 and the circumferential angle position of the bud 8 on a cross section of the stalk 1, said longitudinal position and circumferential angle position defining the position of the bud 8. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system for carrying out this method as well as the use of this system for extracting buds 8 from a stalk 1 of a graminaceous plant.