Devices, systems, and methods for real-time peeling
AssigneeFrito-Lay North America, Inc.
InventorsSean Eichenlaub, Christopher Koci, Keith Chan
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for real-time peeling are disclosed. Peeling can include including evaluating and controlling one or more peelers to remove peel from organic materials. Evaluation can be performed by an evaluation system including a convolutional neural network to determine a peel value. Control can be performed by a machine learning model on the basis of the peel value. Control can include determination of real-time settings for peeler tool speed and/or gate position.
Claims29
A system for peeling organic material having a peel, the system comprising:
- one or more peelers each having at least one peeler tool for engaging organic material for peeling and a gate for operation to govern rate of discharge of organic material;
- a peel evaluation system for analyzing image information of peeled organic material to determine a peel value;
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- a control system configured to govern operation of the one or more peelers based on the determined peel value, wherein the control system comprises a machine learning model configured to determine, in real-time, a gate position and a peeler tool speed for each of the one or more peelers, based on the determined peel value.
A method of operating a peeling system including one or more peelers for peeling organic material, the method comprising:
- generating a simulation model based on a physical simulation of organic material within a peeler;
- defining a machine learning model based on the simulation model for governing control of the one or more peelers;
- evaluating image information of peeled organic material to determine a peel value;
- operating the defined machine learning model to determine, in real-time, desired gate position and desired peeler tool speed based on the determined peel value;
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- controlling a gate and a peeler tool of the one or more peelers to have the desired gate position and desired peeler tool speed, respectively.
A method of operating a peeling system including one or more peelers for peeling organic material, the method comprising:
- evaluating image information of peeled organic material to determine a peel value;
- operating the machine learning model to determine, in real-time, at least one of desired gate position and desired peeler tool speed based on the determined peel value;
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- controlling at least one of a gate and a peeler tool of the one or more peelers based on the determined peel value.
A peel evaluation system for determining peel value based on image information of peeled organic material, the system comprising:
- one or more image capture devices for acquiring images of peeled organic material;
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- an evaluation control system for analyzing image information of the acquired images and determining a peel value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.