System and method for identifying arthropods in color-digital image information
First Claim
1. An apparatus for identifying arthropods in color-digital image information from a color digital camera system connected to a communications unit, wherein the camera system has a lens, wherein the camera system is configured to obtain a first image of substrate and an arthropod on the substrate and to form first color-digital image information from the first image, wherein the communications unit has an interface operable to communicate across an internet, wherein the communications unit is operatively coupled to the camera system and configured to receive the first color-digital image information from the camera system and to transmit a first signal across the internet, and wherein the first transmitted signal is based on the received first color-digital image information, the apparatus comprising:
- a computer coupled to the internet that receives the first transmitted signal with the first color-digital image information;
a detector, coupled to the computer, that detects the arthropod in the first color-digital image information;
a histogram generator, in the computer, that is coupled to receive the first color-digital image information, and to generate a first object-image histogram of the first image based at least in part on the first color-digital image information, wherein the first object-image histogram of the first image has a plurality of bins, each one of the plurality of bins located on;
a row corresponding to a value of a first color-space dimension, and a column corresponding to a value of a second color-space dimension; and
a classifier, in the computer, that classifies the arthropod based on the first image-object histogram of the first image and provides a categorization identifier based on the classification.
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Abstract
A color-based imaging system and method for the detection and classification of insects and other arthropods are described, including devices for counting arthropods and providing taxonomic capabilities useful for pest-management. Some embodiments include an image sensor (for example, a digital color camera, scanner or a video camera) with optional illumination that communicates with a computer system. Some embodiments include a color scanner connected to a computer. Sampled arthropods are put on a scanner to be counted and identified. The computer captures images from the scanner, adjusts scanner settings, and processes the acquired images to detect and identify the arthropods. Other embodiments include a trapping device and a digital camera connected by cable or wireless communications to the computer. Some devices include a processor to do the detection and identification in the field, or the field system can send the images to a centralized host computer for detection and identification.
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1. An apparatus for identifying arthropods in color-digital image information from a color digital camera system connected to a communications unit, wherein the camera system has a lens, wherein the camera system is configured to obtain a first image of substrate and an arthropod on the substrate and to form first color-digital image information from the first image, wherein the communications unit has an interface operable to communicate across an internet, wherein the communications unit is operatively coupled to the camera system and configured to receive the first color-digital image information from the camera system and to transmit a first signal across the internet, and wherein the first transmitted signal is based on the received first color-digital image information, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer coupled to the internet that receives the first transmitted signal with the first color-digital image information; a detector, coupled to the computer, that detects the arthropod in the first color-digital image information; a histogram generator, in the computer, that is coupled to receive the first color-digital image information, and to generate a first object-image histogram of the first image based at least in part on the first color-digital image information, wherein the first object-image histogram of the first image has a plurality of bins, each one of the plurality of bins located on;
a row corresponding to a value of a first color-space dimension, and a column corresponding to a value of a second color-space dimension; anda classifier, in the computer, that classifies the arthropod based on the first image-object histogram of the first image and provides a categorization identifier based on the classification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for identifying arthropods in color-digital image information from a color digital camera system having a lens, wherein the camera system obtains a first image of a substrate and an arthropod on the substrate, forms first color-digital image information from the first image and transmits a first signal to a remote computer across an internet, wherein the first transmitted signal is based on the first color-digital image information, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the internet and into the computer, the first transmitted signal with the first color-digital image information; detecting, in the computer, the arthropod in the first color-digital image information; generating, in the computer, first-object histogram information based at least in part on the first color-digital image information; and classifying, in the computer, a type of the arthropod based on the first-object histogram information and generating a categorization identifier based on the classifying. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory medium having instructions stored thereon for causing a suitably programmed remote data processor in a computer connected to an internet to execute a method for identifying an arthropod in color-digital image information, the method comprising:
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receiving, from the internet and into the computer, first color-digital image information; detecting, in the computer, the arthropod in the first color-digital image information; generating, in the computer, a first-object histogram based at least in part on the first color-digital image information; and classifying, in the computer, a type of the arthropod based on the first-object histogram and generating a categorization identifier based on the classifying. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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