Sensors scan carcass size and curvature so a robot arm can guide nozzles for uniform washing at high line speed with less water waste.
Combines X-ray and optical imaging on one conveyor to resolve detection contradictions for food processing defects.
A pivoting transducer moves between measurement and outer positions to detect poultry carcass features.
Digital fingerprints maintain item history during non-sequential shuffling, resolving the trade-off between processing adaptability and traceability.
Automated water jet cutting system processes frozen fish fillets using image data to guide precise portioning without manual intervention.
US20240008498A1 sorts beef carcasses by torso section thickness ratio to resolve inadequate USDA yield grade accuracy and mixed trim products.
A monitoring system allocates meat pieces to workstations using real-time identification tags and sensor data.
Bone position detection guides curved cuts that separate middle portions via gravity, reducing meat dust and sharp bone ends.
Stationary X-ray emitters scan rotating hanging carcasses to generate radiographic images for cutting pattern determination.
Optical sensors capture 3D carcass profiles to guide robotic handling devices through precise slaughter operations.
Automated imaging systems detect contaminants within food objects during conveyance to enable precise cutting of smaller pieces.
A prediction system estimates primal weights using 3D scan images without scale-based measurements.
Vertical guide tubes with gravity-driven rollers align carcass halves parallel to the camera plane, resolving parallax errors in optical recording.
Rib detection guides a robotic cutting device to separate pig fore ends, eliminating sharp bone ends and reducing meat dust.
Segments carcass sorting into stages using specific attributes like ribeye area to resolve the contradiction between processing efficiency and cut uniformity.
Multispectral imaging locates carcass contaminants while robotic arms remove them, eliminating manual inspection errors and fatigue.