METHODS FOR COUNTING CORN SILKS OR OTHER PLURAL ELONGATED STRANDS AND USE OF THE COUNT FOR CHARACTERIZING THE STRANDS OR THEIR ORIGIN

Methods for relatively high throughput counting of elongated strands including silks of a plant. One method includes segregating similar sized pieces of silks from a section of the plant's silk brush and quantitatively counting the pieces using an automated method. The automated method can be a...

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Main Authors GOLDMAN, DANIEL M, SCHUSSLER, JEFFREY R, HANSELMAN, TRAVIS A, HAUSMANN, NEIL J, ANDERSON, STEVEN R, FARRINGTON, RONALD L
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
Published 25.02.2010
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
MEASURING
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
TESTING
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Summary:Methods for relatively high throughput counting of elongated strands including silks of a plant. One method includes segregating similar sized pieces of silks from a section of the plant's silk brush and quantitatively counting the pieces using an automated method. The automated method can be a digital image of the pieces distributed across or above a surface, and image analysis to derive a count of individual pieces. An alternative automated method is to move the pieces sequentially and substantially singulated past a detector. L'invention porte sur des procédés de comptage à relativement haut débit de brins allongés comprenant les barbes d'une plante. Un procédé comprend la ségrégation de morceaux de dimensions similaires de barbes à partir d'une section de la brosse de barbe de la plante et le comptage quantitatif des morceaux à l'aide d'un procédé automatisé. Le procédé automatisé peut être une image numérique des morceaux distribués à travers ou au-dessus d'une surface, et une analyse d'image pour déduire un comptage de morceaux individuels. Un procédé automatisé alternatif consiste à déplacer les morceaux singularisés de façon séquentielle et substantielle derrière un détecteur.
Bibliography:Application Number: WO2009US54639