Laser sensor for determining the leaf volume of woody plants canopy

This study aims to evaluate the performance of the laser sensor, Model LMS 111, in the extraction of features related to the canopy of woody plants. To validate the proposal, an adult coffee plant was placed in controlled conditions. For leaf volume reconstruction technique the LMS 111 was mounted on a mobile platform controlled at 1, 3 and 6 km/h. In such case, the time required to determine the volume of a plant from the cloud point was lower than the time required to leave the end of one plant and to start capturing information from the next one.