Method and apparatus for detecting and utilizing frame fill information in a sorting machine having a background and a color sorting band of light

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PATENT NO 5352888
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08054160

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Apparatus and method for measuring the reflectivity of a product for use in optical sorting machines that is insensitive to product size and orientation. The percentage reflectivity of a product passing a background is corrected by a frame fill factor, which is representative of the percentage of the viewing frame occupied by the product being sorted.

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SATAKE USA INC9800 TOWNPARK DRIVE HOUSTON TX 77036

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Childress, Joel P Sugarland, TX 3 27

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