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AssigneeJohn Bean Technologies Corporation
InventorsGeorge R. Blaine, David A. Below, Arthur W. Vogeley, JR.
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A method and system are provided for automatically portioning workpieces, such as food products, by simulating portioning the workpieces in accordance with the one or more desired shapes of the final piece(s) as a directly controlled physical characteristic (parameter/specification) as well as one or more resulting indirectly controlled physical characteristics (parameters/specifications). The desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) are defined by a plurality of manipulatable reference coordinates. A workpiece is scanned to obtain scanning information, then portioning of the workpiece is simulated in accordance with the desired shape(s) of the final piece(s) defined by the directly controlled reference coordinates, thereby to determine the one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics of the one or more final pieces to be portioned from the workpiece. The simulated portioning of the workpiece is performed for multiple combinations of directly controlled shapes as defined by the modified or edited reference coordinates and indirectly controlled physical characteristics until an acceptable set of a directly controlled shape and resulting one or more indirectly controlled physical characteristics is determined.
A method of automatically portioning a food product into one or more final pieces based on an adjustable two-dimensional reference shape plus at least one additional physical criteria for the one or more final pieces, comprising:
A system for automatically portioning a food product into one or more final pieces based on an adjustable two-dimensional reference shape and at least one additional physical criteria of the one or more final pieces, comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for portioning a food product into one or more final pieces based on an adjustable two-dimensional reference shape and at least one additional physical parameter of the one or more final pieces, said instructions which, when loaded onto a computer cause the computer to perform the steps comprising:
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