Food imaging and processing systems and methods
AssigneeProex Food, LLC
InventorDaniel Ghadiri
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Abstract
A food processing system for processing a food product, includes imaging system for generating an image of the food product and a control system. The control system is configured to process the image of the food product and determine a product region of the image related to the food product. A robot is configured to move the food product into a processing section. The processing section is configured to cut the food product and dispense a processed food product that corresponds to the desired product region.
Claims19
A food processing system for processing a food product, the food processing system comprising:
- an imaging system configured to generate an image of the food product;
- a control system configured to process the image of the food product and determine a product region related to the food product;
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- a robot configured to move the food product into a processing section, wherein the processing section is configured to cut the food product and dispense a processed food product that corresponds to the product region.
A food processing system for processing a plurality of food products, the food processing system comprising
- an imaging system having an x-ray configured to generate an image of each food product of the plurality of food products;
- a control system configured to process the image of each food product and determine a cutline for the image and a corresponding cutline plane for each food product along which the food product is cut;
- a conveyor configured to convey each food product through the food processing system;
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- a robot configured to move each food product from the conveyor into a processing section;
- wherein the processing section includes a processing conveyor onto which each food product is received from the robot and a blade configured to cut each food product based on the respective cutline plane for each food product, and wherein the processing conveyor conveys the food product past the one or more blades such that each food product is cut to form a processed food product.
A food processing system for individually processing ears of corn, the food processing system comprising:
- an imaging system having an x-ray configured to generate an image of each ear of corn;
- a control system configured to receive the image for each ear of corn from the imaging system and process the image to identify defects in the ear of corn and determine a product region of the ear of corn based on the identified defects;
- a conveyor configured to convey each ear of corn through the food processing system;
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- a robot configured to move each ear of corn from the conveyor into a processing section;
- wherein the processing section includes a processing conveyor onto which each ear of corn is received from the robot and a blade configured to cut each ear of corn based on the product region determined for each ear of corn such that each ear of corn is cut to form a processed ear of corn that corresponds to the product region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.