Plant pruning and husbandry

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9468152
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14734435

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A method of pruning plants includes generating a first series of images of a plant, identifying a first object displayed in the images as a fruit of the plant, collecting data associated with a state of the fruit, identifying a second object displayed in the images as a suspect plant component of the plant, comparing a parameter of the suspect plant component to a reference parameter associated with plant components to be pruned, in response to determining that the parameter of the suspect plant component sufficiently matches the reference parameter, identifying the suspect plant component as a plant component to be pruned from the plant, advancing an automated pruner toward the plant component, operating the automated pruner to sever the plant component from the plant, and while the automated pruner is operated to sever the plant component, generating a second series of images of one or more additional plants.

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HARVEST MOON AUTOMATION INC19 FRANKLIN ROAD WINCHESTER MA 01890

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Dickinson, Edward Leicester, US 10 240
Jens, Janice Huxley Winchester, US 6 105
Jens, Stephen Winchester, US 15 227

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