Combining Object Detection with Geometry-Aware Clustering to Distinguish Overlapping Plants in UAV Imagery

The paper introduces a geometry‑aware post‑detection framework that resolves overlapping plant instances in RGB UAV imagery by combining object detection with geometric clustering of plant components. It uses component centroids and radial intersection points (RIPs) to determine whether a detected region contains one or two plants, applying K‑means or Gaussian mixture models and density filtering to improve clustering accuracy. Evaluated on eggplant and tomato crops, the method achieved high F1‑scores (0.89 for eggplant, 0.75 for tomato) and demonstrated that geometric reasoning can enhance plant‑level interpretation without requiring additional sensors or retraining.

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