Fruit Cup Data Matching for Precise Multi-Stage Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fruit sorting apparatuses suffer from data disorder due to the loss of fruit cups between detection units, leading to poor sorting precision.
Innovation Solution
A fruit sorting apparatus that matches detection information with fruit cups using a control unit, conveying assembly, detection assembly, and fixing assemblies to ensure one-to-one correspondence, reducing data disorder by calculating start and end point times and distances, and discarding mismatched data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If barcodes are used to identify fruit cups for data integration, then multiple sorting can be achieved, but the operation becomes cumbersome and data disorder occurs when fruit cups are lost between detection units
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the barcode identification system and replaces it with a time-synchronization-based identification system. Each detection unit records detection data with timestamp information, and the control unit matches detection data from different units based on time correspondence rather than barcode scanning. This eliminates the need for barcode operations while maintaining the ability to track individual fruit cups through multiple detection units.
Solution Approach 2:
The time-stamping mechanism serves multiple functions: it identifies individual fruit cups, tracks their position through the system, and enables data integration across multiple detection units. This universal time-based identification system replaces the specialized barcode system, simplifying operations while maintaining versatility.
2Measurement precision
If barcodes are scanned for data integration, then fruit cup identification is achieved, but data disorder occurs when fruit cups are lost between detection units
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback through time-stamping and time-based matching. Each detection unit records the timestamp when detecting a fruit cup, and the control unit uses this timestamp feedback to verify data correspondence. When a fruit cup is lost or data is missing, the time-based feedback mechanism allows the system to identify and exclude mismatched data, maintaining data integration reliability without requiring continuous barcode scanning.
3Measurement precision
If fruit cups are sequentially processed through multiple detection units, then comprehensive detection is achieved, but data disorder reduces final sorting precision
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by recording timestamp information at the moment of detection at each unit. This pre-recorded time data allows the control unit to later match and integrate detection results from multiple units based on time correspondence, ensuring that detection accuracy is maintained while preventing data disorder from affecting final sorting precision.
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AI summary
A fruit sorting apparatus (100) and method. The fruit sorting apparatus (100) comprises: a control unit (110), a conveying assembly (120), a detection assembly (160), fruit cups (130), a plurality of fixing assemblies (150) and a plurality of detection units (140), wherein the control unit (110) is configured to receive a plurality of pieces of detection information, and match detection information corresponding to a fruit cup of the in-place signal according to a running speed of the conveying assembly (120), a starting point time of an in-place signal, the distance between the detection unit (140) and the detection assembly (160) and time information of the detection information. According to a starting point time, a running speed, the distance between the detection unit (140) and the detection assembly (160), and time information, it is possible to realize matching between the fruit cup (130) and detection information, realizing one-to-one correspondence between a plurality of pieces of detection information and a plurality of fruit cups (130), so as to avoid the influence of the loss of fruit cups (130) on subsequent sorting, and reduce the problem of disorder of subsequent data as much as possible, thereby improving the precision of fruit sorting.