Automation on fruit and vegetable grading system and food traceability

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Kondo, Naoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; GRADING SYSTEM; INSPECTION SYSTEM; MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS; NEAR INFRARED; PRODUCT INFORMATION; ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER VISION; GRADING;

VEGETABLES;

EID: 77349101532     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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