Crop quality sensor based on specular reflectance
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Aug 8, 2017
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Sep 14, 2015
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A crop quality sensor, comprising an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processor executing application software. The illumination source is shone onto a crop sample, and an image is taken with the imaging device of the illuminated crop sample. The software executing on the processor is used to analyze the image to identify the outlines of individual kernels and to identify which of those outlines contain a specular highlight, indicative that the kernel is whole and unbroken, while the absence of such a specular highlight is indicative of a broken kernel.
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- H04N:PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G01L:MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL ....
- G06T:IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- G01N:INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMININ....
- B65G:TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYERS FOR L....
- G01S:RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMI....
- G01B:MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIME....
- A01D:HARVESTING; MOWING
- G01G:WEIGHING
- G06K:RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD ....
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