Author
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- Zhikai Ma
(College of Mechatronical & Electrical Engineering, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
Institute of Smart Agriculture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China)
- Shiwei Ma
(College of Mechatronical & Electrical Engineering, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China)
- Jianguo Zhao
(College of Mechatronical & Electrical Engineering, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China)
- Wei Wang
(College of Mechatronical & Electrical Engineering, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China)
- Helong Yu
(Institute of Smart Agriculture, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China)
Abstract
Farmland boundary data, an important basic data for the operation of agricultural automation equipment, has been widely studied by scholars from all over the world. However, the common methods of farmland boundary acquisition through sensors such as LiDAR and vision cameras combined with complex algorithms suffer from problems such as serious data drift, difficulty in eliminating noise, and inaccurate plot boundary data. In order to solve this problem, this study proposes a method for estimating the orientation dimensions of farmland based on the seeding trajectory. The method firstly calculates the curvature of the discrete data of the seeding trajectory; secondly, we innovatively use a low-pass filter and integral clustering to filter the curvature values and distinguish between straight lines and curves; and finally, the straight-line portion located at the edge of the seeding trajectory is fitted with a univariate linear fit to calculate the estimation of the farmland size orientation. As verified by the field experiments, the minimum linear error of the vertices is only 0.12m, the average error is 0.315m, and the overlapping rate of the plot estimation is 98.36% compared with the real boundary of the plot. Compared with LiDAR mapping, the average linear error of the vertices’ position is reduced by 50.2%, and the plot estimation overlap rate is increased by 2.21%. The experimental results show that this method has the advantage of high accuracy, fast calculation speed, and small calculation volume, which provides a simple and accurate method for constructing farmland maps, provides the digital data support for the operation of agricultural automation equipment, and has significance for farm digital mapping.
Suggested Citation
Zhikai Ma & Shiwei Ma & Jianguo Zhao & Wei Wang & Helong Yu, 2024.
"Farm Plot Boundary Estimation and Testing Based on the Digital Filtering and Integral Clustering of Seeding Trajectories,"
Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 14(8), pages 1-14, July.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jagris:v:14:y:2024:i:8:p:1238-:d:1444029
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