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US 11,599,984 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for detecting defects for poultry piece grading
AssigneeSyscom, Inc.
InventorsTheodore F. Bayer, Randall E. Wilcox
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Abstract
A system and method of inspecting a chicken piece comprising generating an image for the chicken piece, identifying a defect type, a defect location and an area of each defect on the chicken piece based on the image, and grading the chicken piece into one of a plurality of grades based on the defect type and the area.
Claims82
A method of inspecting a chicken piece comprising:
- generating an image for the chicken piece by generating a first image for a first side of the chicken piece with a first image device using a first gain, a second image for a second side of the chicken piece with a second image device using a second gain, a third image for the first side of the chicken piece with a third image device using a third gain and a fourth image for the second side of the chicken piece with a fourth image device using a fourth gain, said first gain different than the third gain and the second gain is different than the fourth gain;
- identifying a defect type, a defect location and an area of each defect on the chicken piece based on the image;
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- grading the chicken piece into a grade of a plurality of grades based on the defect type and the area.
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A method of inspecting a chicken piece comprising:
- generating an image for the chicken piece;
- identifying a defect type, a defect location and an area of each defect on the chicken piece based on the image by determining an area of a defect raised to an exponent;
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- grading the chicken piece into a grade of a plurality of grades based on the defect type and the area.
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An inspection system for inspecting an item comprising:
- a conveyor belt for moving the item thereon;
- a first image device generating a first image signal of the item from a first field of view;
- a second image device generating a second image signal of the item from a second field of view;
- a third image device generating a third image signal of the item from a third field of view;
- a fourth image device generating a fourth image signal from a fourth field of view;
- an electromagnetic source disposed within the enclosure directing electromagnetic radiation to the first field of view and the second field of view;
- a controller coupled to the first image device, the second image device, the third image device and the fourth image device, said controller generating a numerical identifier based on the first image signal, the second image signal, the third image signal and the fourth image signal;
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- a display displaying an indicator based on the numerical identifier.
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An inspection system for inspecting an item comprising:
- a conveyor belt for moving the item thereon;
- a first image device generating a first image signal of the item from a first field of view;
- a second image device generating a second image signal of the item from a second field of view;
- an electromagnetic source disposed within the enclosure directing electromagnetic radiation to the first field of view and the second field of view;
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- a controller coupled to the first image device and the second image device generating a numerical identifier based on the first image signal and the second image signal and by determining an area of a defect raised to an exponent;
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- a display displaying an indicator based on the numerical identifier.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.