Tree diameter measurement using single infrared sensor for non-stationary vehicle context in agriculture field

One of the important aspects in building an autonomous vehicle with the cognitive capability in agriculture field is the potentiality of it to recognize the trees or significant landmarks and map it for future navigation process. Therefore, it is crucial for a machine to detect the trees and keep tracking between them in order to perform the plantation activities autonomously. One of the challenges faced by this implementation is the need of a real-time tree detection technique which will not burden the processor as well as lightweight hardware that suits the needs of an autonomous aerial vehicle. Due to that, this paper presents a new and relatively simple tree diameter measurement technique using a high-performance and non-intrusive infrared sensor. The experiments are performed with a various coloured pole at a static velocity implementation to develop a promising technique that is useful and promising in this context.