Accurate determination of plant water status is mandatory to optimize irrigation scheduling and thus maximize yield. Infrared thermography (IRT) can be used as a proxy for detecting stomatal closure as a measure of plant water stress. In this study, an open-source software (Thermal Image Processor (TIPCIP)) that includes image processing techniques such as thermal-visible image segmentation and morphological operations was developed to estimate the crop water stress index (CWSI) in potato crops. Results were compared to the CWSI derived from thermocouples where a high correlation was found ( = 0.84). To evaluate the effectiveness of the software, two experiments were implemented. TIPCIP-based canopy temperature was used to estimate CWSI throughout the growing season, in a humid environment. Two treatments with different irrigation timings were established based on CWSI thresholds: 0.4 (T...

Autonomous systems are one interesting topic recently investigated; for land and aerial vehicles; however, the main limitation of aerial vehicles is the weight to carry on-board, since the power consumed depends on this and hardware like sensors and processor is limited. The present thesis develops an application of digital image processing to detect obstacles using only a monocamera, there are some approaches but the present report wants to focus on the distance estimation approach that, in future works, can be combined with other methods since this approach is more general. The distance estimation approach uses feature detection algorithms in two consecutive images, matching them and thus estimate the obstacle position. The estimation is computed through a mathematical model of the camera and projections between those two images. There are many parameters to improve final results and t...

Autonomous systems are one interesting topic recently investigated; for land and aerial vehicles; however, the main limitation of aerial vehicles is the weight to carry on-board, since the power consumed depends on this and hardware like sensors and processor is limited. The present thesis develops an application of digital image processing to detect obstacles using only a monocamera, there are some approaches but the present report wants to focus on the distance estimation approach that, in future works, can be combined with other methods since this approach is more general. The distance estimation approach uses feature detection algorithms in two consecutive images, matching them and thus estimate the obstacle position. The estimation is computed through a mathematical model of the camera and projections between those two images. There are many parameters to improve final results and t...

Autonomous systems are one interesting topic recently investigated; for land and aerial vehicles; however, the main limitation of aerial vehicles is the weight to carry on-board, since the power consumed depends on this and hardware like sensors and processor is limited. The present thesis develops an application of digital image processing to detect obstacles using only a monocamera, there are some approaches but the present report wants to focus on the distance estimation approach that, in future works, can be combined with other methods since this approach is more general. The distance estimation approach uses feature detection algorithms in two consecutive images, matching them and thus estimate the obstacle position. The estimation is computed through a mathematical model of the camera and projections between those two images. There are many parameters to improve final results and t...