System and method for determining backfinned loins
AssigneeTriumph Foods, LLC
InventorsNicholas Huffman, Matthew England, David McCulloch
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a system and method for identifying one or more features in a meat sample. In one embodiment, the system and method disclosed herein uses automated methods to identify a backfinned pork loin and a non-backfinned pork loin. The system and method disclosed herein comprises imaging a meat sample with an imaging device to obtain one or more images; and using an iteratively trained feature detection model to detect and identify one or more features, including the presence or absence of the features in the images of the meat sample.
Claims13
A feature detection system configured to analyze a portion of a pork carcass that contains a pork loin, the system comprising:
- a data capture device provided in a form of an image capture device;
- a transport system with the portion of the pork carcass that contains the pork loin positioned in a field of view of the image capture device;
- a feature detection model including a processor configured to:
- process a plurality of data elements received from the data capture device to determine whether there is backfinning in the pork loin;
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- generate an output that indicates whether there is backfinning in the pork loin;
- an ejector configured to:
- sort the pork loin into a backfinned loin processing line when the output indicates that there is backfinning in the pork loin;
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- sort the pork loin into a bone-in loin processing line when the output indicates that there is not backfinning in the pork loin.
A method for determining a feature of a portion of a pork carcass that contains a pork loin, the method comprising the steps of:
- capturing a data element provided in a form of an image of the portion of the pork carcass that contains the pork loin;
- extracting a feature parameter from the image of the pork loin;
- processing the feature parameter using an iteratively trained feature detection training model;
- determining, based on the processing of the feature parameter, whether there is backfinning in the pork loin;
- responsive to determining that there is backfinning in the pork loin, generating a first signal to an ejector to sort the pork loin into a backfinned processing line;
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- responsive to determining there is not backfinning in the pork loin, generating a second signal to the ejector to sort the pork loin into a bone-in loin processing line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.