A method and a device for crop canopy chlorophyll fluorescence three-dimensional distribution information acquisition are provided. The device includes a Cropobserver canopy chlorophyll fluorescence detection device, a 3D camera and a computer system. The 3D camera is connected to the computer system, Visual studio 2017 and MATLAB 2018 are run in the computer system, and the Visual studio 2017 calls a point cloud library and a computer vision library to realize three-dimensional visualization of chlorophyll fluorescence information of crops to be tested. By means of the new method and the new device, the problem of incompleteness of the two-dimensional chlorophyll fluorescence information distribution acquired is solved, overall 3D visual distribution of crop canopy chlorophyll fluorescence distribution is realized, and important technical support is provided for acquisition and research of three-dimensional visual distribution information of chlorophyll fluorescence of the whole crop canopy.

The present technique relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, a program, and a sensing apparatus that each enable determination as to the state of the inside of a living body. The information processing apparatus applies a calculation algorism in accordance with a transient model that presents functions that a living body to be measured has, to measurement data of a transient response obtained from the living body, calculates an unknown parameter of parameters relating to the transient model, and thereby enables determination as to the state of the inside of the living body. The present technique is applicable to, for example, an information processing apparatus that calculates the quantum yield of photosynthesis of a plant.

There is provided a spectroscopy apparatus for measuring fluorescence signals from a photosynthetic object. The spectroscopy apparatus comprises: one or more light excitation sources (26,28) operable to carry out time-varying excitation of the fluorescence from the photosynthetic object; and one or more fluorescence-sensitive detection channels (36,38,44,46) configured to simultaneously record the fluorescence as a function of time with a microsecond to millisecond time resolution and as a function of wavelength with a wavelength resolution of 10 nm or better, responsive to the excitation of the fluorescence from the photosynthetic object by the or each light excitation source (26,28).

One variation of a method includes accessing an image of a plant canopy in an environment inhabited by: a population of microbe sensors of a microbe type including a microbe promoter-reporter pair configured to generate microbe-reporter signals representing presence of a stressor in the environment; and a set of sensor plants of a sensor plant type including a plant promoter-reporter pair configured to signal presence of microbe-reporter signals at the set of sensor plants. The method further includes: accessing a reporter model linking features extracted from images of sensor plants of the sensor plant type to pressures of the set of stressors based on plant-reporter signals generated by the plant promoter-reporter pair and microbe types of microbe sensors inhabiting the environment; and interpreting a pressure of the stressor in the environment based on the reporter model, the microbe type, and features extracted from the image.

An integrated sensor assembly includes a housing having a rectangular shape, a front side having a length and width and including a plurality of openings, and a thickness significantly less than the length or the width of the front side. The assembly includes an infrared thermal sensor disposed in the housing and aligned with a first opening of the plurality of openings, a time-of-flight proximity sensor disposed in the housing and aligned with a second opening of the plurality of openings, and a color light sensor, disposed in the housing and aligned with the second opening of the plurality of openings, to respectively sense at least red light, green light, and blue light. The integrated sensor assembly does not include a narrowband irradiator to facilitate multispectral imaging of reflected or emitted radiation from at least one object in response to irradiation by the narrowband irradiator.

The present invention provides a post-fabrication modification approach for the fabrication of colored and chromic materials and sensors using plasma surface modification to covalently bind the coloring agent to the substrate, thus avoiding leaching of the dye. Advantageously, in said methods, said coloring agent is a dye or pigment linked to a radical sensitive functional group, such as an alkenyl or alkynyl functional group, and is applied to the substrate prior to the gas plasma treatment. The methods envisaged herein are generic in nature, which allow the covalent immobilization of various dyes on different materials. The covalently coated materials after plasma surface modification, particularly the covalently coated chromic materials and sensors, can be used in many different applications, such as protective textile and wound dressing applications.

An apparatus for remote detection of plant growth dynamics is described. The apparatus includes an excitation LED (light emitting diode) module, a detection module and a controller module coupled to the excitation LED module and the detection module. The excitation LED module includes at least one LED. Each LED is configured to emit an excitation light in response to an excitation control signal. The excitation light has an emitted light spectrum. The detection module includes a photodetector configured to detect an initial chlorophyll a fluorescence (“ChlF”) light and an excited ChlF light from a plant species. The photodetector is further configured to convert the detected initial ChlF light into an initial detection electrical signal and the detected excited ChlF light into an excited detection electrical signal. The excited ChlF light is emitted from the plant species in response to receiving the excitation light. The controller module is configured to provide the excitation control signal to the excitation module, to capture the initial and excited detection electrical signals from the detection module and to determine chlorophyll fluorescence data based, at least in part, on the initial and excited detection electrical signals. The excitation LED module and the detection module are configured to be positioned remotely from the plant species. The chlorophyll fluorescence data represents a growth characteristic of the plant species.

A method and a device for crop canopy chlorophyll fluorescence three-dimensional distribution information acquisition are provided. The device includes a Cropobserver canopy chlorophyll fluorescence detection device, a 3D camera and a computer system. The 3D camera is connected to the computer system, Visual studio 2017 and MATLAB 2018 are run in the computer system, and the Visual studio 2017 calls a point cloud library and a computer vision library to realize three-dimensional visualization of chlorophyll fluorescence information of crops to be tested. By means of the new method and the new device, the problem of incompleteness of the two-dimensional chlorophyll fluorescence information distribution acquired is solved, overall 3D visual distribution of crop canopy chlorophyll fluorescence distribution is realized, and important technical support is provided for acquisition and research of three-dimensional visual distribution information of chlorophyll fluorescence of the whole crop canopy.

The present invention provides a post-fabrication modification approach for the fabrication of colored and chromic materials and sensors using plasma surface modification to covalently bind the coloring agent to the substrate, thus avoiding leaching of the dye. Advantageously, in said methods, said coloring agent is a dye or pigment linked to a radical sensitive functional group, such as an alkenyl or alkynyl functional group, and is applied to the substrate prior to the gas plasma treatment. The methods envisaged herein are generic in nature, which allow the covalent immobilization of various dyes on different materials. The covalently coated materials after plasma surface modification, particularly the covalently coated chromic materials and sensors, can be used in many different applications, such as protective textile and wound dressing applications.

A chlorophyll fluorescence measuring system having at least one spectrometer coupled to a data logger. The data logger provides direct control of the spectrometer and includes on-board memory for storage of target and reference spectrum data obtained by the spectrometer. The data logger may be coupled to an external computer that receives and analyzes target and reference spectrum data to determine SIF using a spectral fitting algorithm. The system may include a spectrometer aiming system coupled to and controlled by the data logger. The system may also include one or more environmental sensors configured to measure environment variables. The environmental sensors may be coupled to the data logger for control and data storage. The environmental data may be communicated to the external computer for use in the spectral fitting algorithm. The data logger may be connected to a network for remote monitoring and control.