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US 12,217,410 B2Granted
Decay detection system
AssigneeSunkist Growers, Inc.
InventorsAaron Gorsky, Tim Conway
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Abstract
A method may include obtaining a laser image of a food product. The method may include obtaining an ultraviolet (UV) image of the food product. The method may include determining a decay value of the food product, based on obtaining the laser image of the product and obtaining the UV image of the food product.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- obtaining a laser image of a food product, wherein the laser image comprises at least two laser lines;
- determining a profile value of light within a region between said two laser lines;
- determining a decay value of the food product based on said profile value;
- and
- blurring the laser image in a horizontal direction of the laser image;
- generating the decay value based on blurring the laser image in the horizontal direction of the laser image.
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A device, comprising:
- a memory configured to store instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the instructions to:
- obtain a laser image of a food product, wherein the laser image comprises at least two laser lines;
- determine a profile value of light within a region between said two laser lines;
- and
- determine a decay value of the food product based on said profile value,
- blur the laser image in a horizontal direction of the laser image;
- and
- generate the decay value based on blurring the laser image in the horizontal direction of the laser image.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
- obtain a laser image of a food product, wherein the laser image comprises at least two laser lines;
- determine a profile value of light within a region between said two laser lines;
- determine a decay value of the food product based on said profile value;
- blur the laser image in a horizontal direction of the laser image;
- and
- generate the decay value based on blurring the laser image in the horizontal direction of the laser image.
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A method for detecting decay of a food product, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) obtaining a laser image of a food product, wherein the laser image comprises a plurality of laser lines;
- b) locating the position of at least two of said plurality of laser lines;
- c) determining a profile value based on the intensity of pixels between the at least two laser lines located in the step b);
- and
- d) determining a decay value of said food product based on the profile value determined in step c);
- and
- e) blurring the laser image in a horizontal direction of the laser image;
- f) generating the decay value based on blurring the laser image in the horizontal direction of the laser image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.