An algorithm for distinguishing potato tubers on the conveyor of the potato harvester using uv Camera

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Annual International Meeting 2008, ASABE 2008

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages 5592-5604

  Al Mallahi, Ahmad A ^a   Kataoka, Takashi ^a   Okamoto, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automatic thresholding; Machine vision; Potato harvester; Uv imaging

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; CONVEYORS;

AUTOMATIC THRESHOLDING; CALIBRATION METHODS; CONVEYING SYSTEMS; MACHINE VISION; MAJORITY RULES; MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MIDDLE POINTS; MISCLASSIFICATION; ON-MACHINES; PLANT RESIDUES; POTATO HARVESTER; POTATO TUBERS; RAW IMAGES; UV CAMERAS; UV IMAGING; UV INTENSITIES; VISION SYSTEMS;

HARVESTERS;

EID: 63049122147     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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