Modified pressure system for imaging egg cracks

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 983-990

  Lawrence, K C ^a   Yoon, S C ^a   Jones, D R ^a   Heitschmidt, G W ^a   Park, B ^a   Windham, W R ^a  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD camera; Cracks; Image processing; Machine vision; Negative pressure; Shell eggs; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

COMPILED PROGRAMS; FALSE POSITIVE; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; MACHINE VISION; NEGATIVE PRESSURE; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; POST PROCESSING; PRESSURE SYSTEM; PROCESSING PLANTS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SHELL EGGS; TABLE EGGS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAMERAS; CCD CAMERAS; COMPUTER VISION; CRACK DETECTION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKING PLANTS; VACUUM;

CRACKS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EGG; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMAGING METHOD; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 67650531907     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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