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Identify adjacent food products

A food and product technology, applied in the field of automatic recognition of the common boundary between two adjacent food products in the food processing system, can solve the problems of incorrect cutting and insufficient size of meat products

Active Publication Date: 2015-11-18
JOHN BEAN TECH CORP
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For example, if a meat product is cut incorrectly due to a failure to properly identify the product in contact, the result can be an undersized portion that is not acceptable to the consumer

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[0027] figure 1 The system 10 according to the invention is shown schematically. The system 10 includes a conveyor 12 for conveying work products, such as food products (poultry breasts in this example) 14a, 14b, 14c (collectively referred to as food products 14). The system 10 also includes a scanning system 16 for scanning the food product 14 when the food product on the conveyor 12 passes. Although only one conveyor 12 is shown, the system 10 can utilize more than one conveyor, for example, a loading conveyor, a processing conveyor, and an unloading conveyor. Other processing equipment (not shown) can also be used in this system, such as equipment for processing, block, manipulation, heating or cooling. This equipment can be used in a wide range of processes, including, for example, cooking, steaming, frying, roasting, roasting, burning, boiling, flattening, freezing, soaking, rolling, smoothing, drying, dehydrating, softening, cutting, and dividing. Chunking, culling, sli...

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Abstract

A method for determining the boundary between abutting food product in a food processing system uses scan data of the food product to identify a perimeter of the abutting food product. Optionally, data from scanning the food product is first tested to determine or predict if more than one article is present. A perimeter of the abutting food product is generated from the scan data, and the perimeter information is manipulated to identify or estimate the boundary between the product. For example, the boundary may be eroded until it separates into two portions. The two portions are then expanded, constrained by the original perimeter, such that a region of interest includes overlapping portion that includes the boundary. The region of interest is analyzed to locate the boundary. In another method, a parametric shape is fit to the image to identify the individual articles. In another method, a shortest line or surface separating the perimeter into two substantial portions is found.

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Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method for automatically identifying a common boundary between two adjacent food product products in a food processing system, and to a method for authenticating between adjacent food products placed on a conveyor. Background technique [0002] At least part of the food processing system often includes processing food products in a continuous process, while the food products are in two different locations on the conveyor system, such as belt conveyors, roller conveyors, wire mesh conveyors, chain conveyors, etc. Are transmitted between. It is well known in the art that in such food processing systems, food products can be cut or divided into smaller parts by other means. Also, fat, bones or other unwanted parts can be eliminated from the food product. Prepared food products, such as baked foods, can be frosted, poured syrup, punched, divided into pieces, pre-sliced ​​or processed in other ways. The segmentation or rejec...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G01B21/20G01N33/02A23L5/10
CPCG06K9/342G06T7/0085G06T7/0091G06T2207/10016G06T2207/20036G06T2207/30128G06T7/13G06T7/155G06V10/267G06T7/0002
Inventor 景寒松G·R·布莱尼
Owner JOHN BEAN TECH CORP