Dual-camera NIR/MIR imaging for stem-end/calyx identification in apple defect sorting

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 449-452

  Wen, Z ^b   Tao, Y ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Calyx; Defect; Fruit; Imaging; Infrared; Inspection; Machine vision; Stem end

Indexed keywords

APPLE DEFECT SORTING; CALYX; MID INFRARED IMAGING; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING; STEM END;

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COMPUTER VISION; FRUITS; INFRARED IMAGING;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034163586     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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