Improved feature extraction method and K-means clustering for soil fertility identification based on soil image

Abstract

This research is conducting analysis of digital land images using digital image processing techniques. The main purpose of the research is to classify soil fertility based on two-dimensional RGB colored digital soil images. The research is done by extracting features and shapes from the soil image. The research uses methods of segmentation, extraction, and identification against digital soil images. This research is carried out in three stages. The first phase of this research is image pre-processing which begins with the conversion of RGB color image to Grayscale then color conversion to binary which subsequently performs noise reduction with the method Three-layer median filter. The second stage is a process that is divided into the first two stages, namely the process of segmentation by grouping RGB color images into L*a*b which is continued by clustering using the K-means clustering method. The second is the extraction of characteristics of the soil image which is characteristic of shape and texture. The final stage is the identification of soil images that are clustered into two types: fertile soils and unfertile soil. The study achieved an accuracy of 85% which could accurately identify 20 images while inaccurately classifying 5 images out of a total of 25 input images.