Detecting stem and shape of pears using fourier transformation and an artificial neural network

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Ying, Yibin ^a,b   Jing, Hansong ^a,b   Tao, Yang ^b   Zhang, Nanqian ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Huanghua pear; Machine vision; Shape; Stem

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER VISION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; NEURAL NETWORKS;

FOURIER INVERSE TRANSFORMATION;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; FOURIER TRANSFORM; FRUIT; SHAPE;

CHINA;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0041903861     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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