Cutting – Processes – Including stacking of plural workpieces
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-14
2006-02-14
Goodman, Charles (Department: 3724)
Cutting
Processes
Including stacking of plural workpieces
C083S073000, C083S076800, C083S107000, C083S520000, C083S932000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06997089
ABSTRACT:
A method of classifying slices or a portion cut from a food product according to an optical image of the slice. After a slice is removed from a food product loaf the slice is passed into an image field of a digital image receiving device. A control generates a pixel-by-pixel image data of the slice using input from the digital image receiving device. The control calculates a surface area of the slice from the data, and a fat content of the slice on a pixel-by-pixel basis. The fat content data is compared to at least one predetermined limit and the slice is classified accordingly.
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Lindee Scott A.
Wolcott Thomas C.
Formax, Inc.
Goodman Charles
The Law Office of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.
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