Patent
System for sorting fruit
20/03/2018
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Abstract
As fruit (preferably apples) are harvested, the fruit is placed on a conveyor that conveys the fruit to a fruit singulating section. In the singulating section, the fruit is directed into slots in a lane formed by two cooperating helical drives. The helical drives rotate the fruit and convey the fruit into an imaging chamber where a camera acquires an image of the fruit. The fruit image is evaluated by a processor in communication with the camera. The fruit is then directed into a rotary sorter which sorts the fruit based on the image evaluation by the processor.
Details
- Title
- System for sorting fruit
- Creators
- Lu Renfu (Inventor)Anand Kumar Kumar Pothula (Inventor)Mizushima Akira (Inventor)Zhang Zhao (Inventor)Vandyke Mario (Inventor)
- Publisher
- United States of America
- Number of pages
- 9
- Identifiers
- 991013100913602368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Patent
- Patent
- US 9919345 B1