Image-processing solution to cotton color measurement problems: Part I. Instrument design and construction

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 421-438

  Thomasson, J A ^a   Shearer, S A ^b   Byler, R K ^c  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Color trash meter; Cotton; Fiber quality; Foreign matter; Image processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA RECORDING; MIRRORS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

COLOR MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; FRAME GRABBER; TRASH PARTICLES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

COTTON; DESIGN; IMAGE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 20044389879     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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