We propose a lawn weed detection method modified from our previous work, i.e., Bayesian classifier based method. The proposed
method employs features calculated from not only the edge-strength of weed/lawn textures but also color information of RGB.
Instead of using Bayesian classifier, we exploit more sophisticated classifier, i.e., support-vector machine, for detecting
weeds. After weed detection, the proposed method uses noise blob inspection for removing misclassified weed areas. The inspection
process is based on a bank of directional filters modeled from characteristics of the edge of grass blade. Experimental results
show that the performance of the proposed method outperforms the compared methods.
Keywords Lawn weed detection - edge-color information - noise blob inspection - grass-edge model - directional filter