Method and system for determining internal quality attribute(s) of articles of agricultural produce

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PATENT NO 11402268
APP PUB NO 20200182696A1
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16620345

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An aspect of the invention provides a method for determining at least one internal quality attribute of an article (102) of agricultural produce. The method includes receiving a plurality of first spectroscopic values obtained from directing low band light in a first wavelength associated to a low band of wavelengths from at least one low band light source (104) at least partly through the article (102) toward at least one detector (120); receiving a plurality of second spectroscopic values obtained from directing high band light in a second wavelength associated to a high band of wavelengths from at least one high band light source (106) at least partly through the article (102) toward the at least one detector (120); determining at least one measured spatial profile associated to the article, the at least one measured spatial profile comprising at least one of a plurality of ratios of respective first spectroscopic values to respective second spectroscopic values, a plurality of ratios of respective second spectroscopic values to respective first spectroscopic values; and determining the at least one internal quality attribute at least partly from a comparison of the at least one measured spatial profile with at least one reference spatial profile associated to a class of articles of agricultural produce.

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  • THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Künnemeyer, Rainer Hamilton, NZ 2 0
McGlone, Vincent Andrew Hamilton, NZ 4 1
Sun, Zhe Hamilton, NZ 78 1171
Tomer, Nathaniel Kenneth Hamilton, NZ 2 0

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