Trussing system and method
AssigneeScott Technology LLC
InventorsPeter Douglas Raymond Knotts, Bryan Gordon Grimshaw, Jamie Robert Spyker
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Abstract
An apparatus for trussing a slaughtered bird, is described the apparatus including: two or more members having trussing band retaining members, wherein the apparatus is configured to truss a slaughtered bird with a trussing band. Also described is a slaughtered bird holder, a method for trussing's a slaughtered bird, a vision system and a controller.
Claims20
A slaughtered bird trussing, the slaughtered bird trussing system including:
- a vision system, the vision system including at least one image capture device for capturing at least one image of a slaughtered bird, and
- a determination system configured to determine at least one of a size, a shape, a position, and a quality of a slaughtered bird based on the at least one image,
- wherein the determination system is configured to determine a size of a slaughtered bird based on the at least one image and wherein the determination system is further configured to calculate the required length of a trussing band based on at least the determined size.
A slaughtered bird trussing system, the slaughtered bird trussing system including:
- a vision system, the vision system including at least one image capture device for capturing at least one image of a slaughtered bird, and
- a determination system configured to determine at least one of a size, a shape, a position, and a quality of a slaughtered bird based on the at least one image,
- wherein determining the quality of a slaughtered bird includes at least one of:
- determining if a wing is in a correct position;
- determining if a wing and/or leg of the slaughtered bird is broken;
- determining if a wing and/or leg of the slaughtered bird is missing;
- determining a skin condition of the slaughtered bird;
- determining a quality of a truss on a slaughtered bird;
- and
- determining whether a trussing band is in a correct position.
A slaughtered bird trussing system, the slaughtered bird trussing system including:
- a vision system, the vision system including at least one image capture device for capturing at least one image of a slaughtered bird, and
- a determination system configured to determine at least one of a size, a shape, a position, and a quality of a slaughtered bird based on the at least one image,
- wherein determining the quality of a slaughtered bird includes at least one of:
- determining if a wing is in a correct position;
- determining if a wing and/or leg of the slaughtered bird is broken;
- determining if a wing and/or leg of the slaughtered bird is missing;
- and
- determining a skin condition of the slaughtered bird,
- wherein the determination system causes the bird not to be trussed when the slaughtered bird does not meet a desired quality.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.