57612cd1-7083-42d7-a757-e7ed68f7d82e20230313054043577naun:naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing1998-446410.46300/9106http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=30293320233320231710.46300/9106.2023.17https://npublications.com/journals/circuitssystemssignal/2023.phpLichenZhuSchool of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. ChinaPengGuanSchool of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. ChinaWeipingLiuSchool of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. ChinaYiliZhengSchool of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. ChinaLeaf area index (LAI) is an important biological factor reflecting vegetation growth and forest ecosystem. LAI can be used to obtain plant health status, carbon cycle, and surrounding ecological environment effectively. In this study, the smartphone was equipped with a fisheye lens, and the optimization method was used to estimate LAI, which was compared with digital hemispherical photography (DHP) to investigate the possibility of the new method for LAI estimation. The hemispherical image was divided into blocks, and the optimized Otsu method was used for algorithm segmentation, which can effectively distinguish vegetation from the sky. Concurrently, when the gap fraction inversion LAI was performed, the linear inversion algorithm was improved based on single-angle inversion, and the LAI was obtained by inversion through the linear fitting of the mul-tiangle gap fraction. The experimental sample was located in Olympic National Forest Park in Beijing. Three coniferous mixed forests and three broadleaved forests were selected from the experimental sample. LAI measurements from smartphones were compared with those from DHP. In the samples for mixed coniferous forests, the values for coefficients of determination R^2 were 0.835, 0.802, and 0.809, and root mean square errors (REMS) were 0.137, 0.120, and 0.147. For the broadleaf forest samples, the values for R² were 0.629, 0.679, and 0.758, and REMS were 0.144, 0.135, and 0.137. The R^2 and RMES for the overall data was 0.810 and 0.134, respectively, and a good agreement between the LAI measurements from the proposed method and those from the DHP supports an accurate estimation. The results show that the use of a fisheye lens on a smartphone can effectively and accurately obtain tree canopy LAI. 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