APPARATUS FOR JUDGING OPTIMUM HARVESTING TIME FOR VEGETABLE HARVESTER

摘要

PURPOSE:To judge a vegetable to be suitable for harvesting by placing a plate below a dangling vegetable, moving the plate in horizontal direction, picking up the picture of the vegetable with an image sensor and checking whether the vegetable is inclined or not. CONSTITUTION:A vegetable-harvester is approached under a fruit vegetable A grown in a state dangled from a trellis 5 and a plate 4 is slightly moved in horizontal direction in a state positioned under the fruit vegetable A by extending or contracting each joint 1. An image sensor 3 picks up the inclination of the fruit vegetable A and the harvesting suitability of the vegetable is judged based on the image signal.