Application of automated image analysis to the identification and extraction of recyclable plastic bottles

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 794-799

  Scavino, Edgar ^a   Wahab, Dzuraidah Abdul ^a   Hussain, Aini ^a   Basri, Hassan ^a   Mustafa, Mohd Marzuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Automated sorting; Computer vision; Pattern recognition; Recycling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED IMAGE ANALYSIS; AUTOMATED SORTING; COLOR IMAGES; CONVEYOR BELTS; FEATURE SPACE; MACHINE VISION; MINIMUM DISTANCE; PET BOTTLES; REAL-TIME APPLICATION; RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; RECYCLING PLANT; SELF-ORGANIZED MAPS; SINGLE IMAGES; TEREPHTHALATE;

AUTOMATION; BELT CONVEYORS; BEVERAGES; COMPUTER VISION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RECYCLING; SOFTWARE RELIABILITY;

PLASTICS;

EID: 67349217805     PISSN: 1673565X     EISSN: 18621775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.A0820788     Document Type: Article

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