Method of separating fruit or vegetable products

Details Method of separating fruit or vegetable products Method of separating fruit or vegetable products

1996-05-08

1998-08-11

Bollinger, David H.

Classifying, separating, and assorting solids

Sorting special items, and certain methods and apparatus for...

Condition responsive means controls separating means

209587, B07C 500

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057914974

ABSTRACT:
A method of separating selected fruit from a volume of fruit is based on the reflectivity of the selected fruit. The method utilizes an automated optical inspection and sorting system to illuminate a volume of fruit including cranberries characterized by a spectral power distribution in the infrared spectral region. The system detects reflections of wavelengths of the illumination in the infrared spectral region, identifies the selected fruit based on the detected reflectivity, and sorts the selected fruit from the volume of fruit.

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