METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HARVESTING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE

    公开(公告)号:US20240381804A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-21

    申请号:US18692630

    申请日:2022-08-26

    Abstract: Harvesting fruits or vegetables—comprises providing a tractor and a plurality of storage bins in a supply location for the fruit or vegetable; deploying the storage bins to a harvesting area using the tractor; providing a harvester; harvesting fruit or vegetable and storing same in the storage bins at the harvesting area; relocating the fruit or vegetable in the filled storage bins with the tractor to a storage location; providing an operation control and management system (OCMS) configured to receive and process data; receiving storage bin location data indicative of a location of the storage bins from the storage bins; receiving harvesting data indicative of at least one harvesting process parameter in the OCMS; and providing tractor control data in the OCMS in response the received process parameter(s). Tractor control data controls an operation mode of the tractor for deploying and/or relocating—the storage bins. Also a system is disclosed.

    METHOD FOR FRUIT QUALITY INSPECTION AND SORTING DURING AND BEFORE PICKING

    公开(公告)号:US20240215488A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-04

    申请号:US18288780

    申请日:2022-04-28

    CPC classification number: A01D46/30

    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for on-site identification of damaged fruits and ripeness assessment, immediately after picking/harvesting, thereby enabling discarding damaged fruits on-site without delivering such damaged fruits to a warehouse, which also reduces harvesting time and improves harvesting efficiency. The method of the invention enables improved sorting compared to known robotic harvesters as it is based on a 360° inspection of the fruit and without having the leaves and branches interfere. The method of the invention further enables a preliminary sorting of the fruits according to determined fruits' grade based on identified blemishes in each fruit.

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