Design of Automatic Pest Detector and Obliteration System using Real Time Video Processing

Vinutha Chandrashekarappa Basavaraju¹, Madihally Nagaraja^2*and Ashwini Bhat¹

¹Department of Electronics and Communication, SoE, Presidency University, Bangalore, India

²Department of Physics, SSIT, Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education, Tumakuru, India

Corresponding Author E-mail:madihally.nagaraja@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.13.1.14

Article Publishing History

Received: 12 Feb 2025
Accepted: 25 Mar 2025
Published Online: 08 Apr 2025

Review Details

Reviewed by: Dr. Manu Raj Sharma
Second Review by: Dr. Hongfen
Final Approval by: Dr. Andrea Sciarretta

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Abstract:

In modern agricultural fields, the major cutback in both quality and yield of plant cultivation is mainly due to the pests that affect the plants. For example, in India tomato being consumed in larger extent is also one of the largely produced crops, typically it stands third in the production and has a direct impact on the profit made by the farmers from their yields. However, the greatest threat to the production rate of this agricultural plant is minute whiteflies destroying the plant, if they are not timely spotted and treated. Whiteflies feed on the underneath of tomato leaves, sucking out the sap following which, the leaves get discolored with leaf margins curling inwards leading to weakening of plant. Prompt control stops acute damage and thus inspection of tomato leaves is crucial in order to avoid the economic losses of tomato crop harvesting. This paper presents a model developed for the pest detection and obliteration system with real time video processing, using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). In this implemented system, the robotic car with onboard camera will constantly monitor the plants for pests. When the pest is detected, it will stop automatically and subsequently sends signal to the spraying system which sprays an appropriate amount of pesticides based on number of pests, thereby optimizing the use of pesticides.

Keywords:

FPGA; Obliteration; Pest detection; Video processing; whitefly

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