Blending of agricultural products via hyperspectral imaging and analysis
AssigneeAltria Client Services LLC
InventorsSeetharama C. Deevi, Henry M. Dante, Qiwei Liang, Samuel Timothy Henry
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Abstract
Provided is a method for blending of agricultural product utilizing hyperspectral imaging. At least one region along a sample of agricultural product is scanned using at least one light source of different wavelengths. Hyperspectral images are generated from the at least one region. A spectral fingerprint for the sample of agricultural product is formed from the hyperspectral images. A plurality of samples of agricultural product is blended based on the spectral fingerprints of the samples according to parameters determined by executing a blending algorithm.
Claims12
A method for replacing a blend component of a blended agricultural product with a substitute agricultural product, the method comprising:
- establishing a spectral fingerprint for an agricultural product blend component to be substituted;
- establishing a spectral fingerprint for a candidate agricultural product;
- identifying the candidate agricultural product as a substitute agricultural product based on a determination that the spectral fingerprint for the candidate agricultural product is similar to the spectral fingerprint for the agricultural product blend component;
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- replacing at least a portion of the agricultural product blend component with the substitute agricultural product in a blended agricultural product.
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