Image analysis – Applications – Animal – plant – or food inspection
Patent
1994-09-13
1996-08-27
Boudreau, Leo
Image analysis
Applications
Animal, plant, or food inspection
209939, 348 89, 356 73, G06K 900
Patent
active
055509274
ABSTRACT:
At least a representative fraction of the peeled vegetables which have passed through a steam peeler, and abrasive peeler, or both, is presented to a video camera for inspection. The camera output is analyzed by a computer controller to determine the amount of peel remaining on the vegetable and displayed in a visual format to the operator. The controller provides information to the operator on peel fraction remaining so that the operator may manually adjust speed of brush rotation and auger speed or other parameters of the peeling apparatus, or automatically adjusts these parameters to maintain level of peel with varying vegetable attributes. More representative peel fraction data is obtained by analyzing only the central half of the vegetable image captured by the vision system.
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Wornson Douglas P.
Zittel David R.
Boudreau Leo
Lyco Manufacturing Inc.
Tadayon Bijan
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