Monitoring of Rice Growth Status Using Drone Aerial Photography

Abstract

Possibilities of rice paddy monitoring using UAV were examined by SfM and filtering techniques in this study. A paddy farm in Nibutani, Biratori, Hokkaido was observed using DJI Inspire-1 drone with filtered on-board camera on 28 June 2015. DSM derived from UAV-SfM was indicated to be the useful to estimate rice plant height. Imagery analysis of Fire filtered drone on-board camera was discovered to be a promising new approach for rice paddy growth monitoring.