The invention discloses a fruit distinguishing and locating method with
laser scanning and
machine vision combined. According to the fruit distinguishing and locating method with
laser scanning and
machine vision combined, through the characteristics that
laser scanning is not influenced by the light condition and can simultaneously obtain multiple pieces of information such as the distance, the
reflectivity and the coordinate, fruits are distinguished from branches and leaves in a
reflectivity graph generated after scanning through a clear outline formed by the obvious difference of reflectivities. According to the color characteristic difference between a
color image and a
characteristic point of the
reflectivity graph, the mature fruits and the immature fruits are distinguished, wherein the mature fruits and the immature fruit are similar in reflectivity. According to the difference distances of multiple mutually-overlapped fruits in a
depth map, the mature target fruit is distinguished from the fruits overlapping with the mature target fruit. According to the fruit distinguishing and locating method with
laser scanning and
machine vision combined, the multiple pieces of information, obtained after
laser scanning, such as the reflectivity, the depth and the coordinate and the
color image information of
machine vision are combined, the purposes that the mature target fruit is distinguished from the branches and the leaves, the immature fruits, and the fruits overlapping with the mature target fruit and is located are achieved comprehensively. The fruit distinguishing and locating method with
laser scanning and
machine vision combined is simple and rapid, high in real-time performance and practicability, and applicable to distinction and locating of the fruits on a
plant.