title: Non-contact plant growth measurement method and system based on ubiquitous sensor network technologies.
abstract: This paper proposes a non-contact plant growth measurement system using infrared sensors based on the ubiquitous sensor network (USN) technology. The proposed system measures plant growth parameters such as the stem radius of plants using real-time non-contact methods, and generates diameter, cross-sectional area and thickening form of plant stems using this measured data. Non-contact sensors have been used not to cause any damage to plants during measurement of the growth parameters. Once the growth parameters are measured, they are transmitted to a remote server using the sensor network technology and analyzed in the application program server. The analyzed data are then provided for administrators and a group of interested users. The proposed plant growth measurement system has been designed and implemented using fixed-type and rotary-type infrared sensor based measurement methods and devices. Finally, the system performance is compared and verified with the measurement data that have been obtained by practical field experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea. sjw0176@unitel.co.kr
authors.forename: Jinweon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Suk
authors.forename: Seokhoon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Intae
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ryoo
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D006801:Humans; D007259:Infrared Rays; D063245:Plant Development; D018547:Plant Stems / Q000254:growth & development*