A method and system for real-time detection of fruit ripeness
By analyzing the grayscale changes and edge features of continuous image frames of strawberry fruit surface, a reflectance brightness change sequence was constructed, which solved the problem of misidentification of fruit maturity under non-uniform lighting conditions and achieved more stable and accurate maturity detection.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CHINA AGRI UNIV
- Filing Date
- 2025-11-25
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-21
AI Technical Summary
Existing real-time fruit ripeness detection methods are prone to misinterpreting fruit surface brightness fluctuations as state changes due to isolated frame judgments when faced with time-varying environments or non-uniform lighting conditions, resulting in unstable ripeness analysis results and inaccurate classification.
By acquiring channel image signals of continuous image frames of strawberry fruit surface, the gray-level change trend of reflective areas is extracted, the drift direction of edge coordinate sequence is tracked, the time extension characteristics are analyzed, and the regional symmetry shift is measured by combining the distribution of gray-level jump points. A reflective brightness change sequence is constructed, and image frame sequence intervals with temporal continuity and regional attribute coordination are selected to complete the segmented response and feature summarization of the ripe state.
It improves the stability and accuracy of fruit ripeness detection, is more adaptable in dynamic tracking scenarios, reduces false identification caused by environmental changes, and achieves reliable detection of fruit ripeness.
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