Estimating the mass of mango fruit (Mangifera indica, cv. Chok Anan) from its geometric dimensions by optical measurement

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-131

  Spreer, Wolfram ^a   Müller, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fruit size; Fruit weight; Image processing; Sorting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CODES; CONSUMER PREFERENCES; DIGITAL PHOTOS; EXPLANATORY POWER; FRUIT SIZE; FRUIT WEIGHT; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; IRREGULAR SHAPE; MANGIFERA INDICA; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE DEVIATIONS; STANDARD ERRORS; THREE DIMENSIONS;

CAMERAS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY; SORTING;

FRUITS;

EXPORT; FRUIT; IMAGE PROCESSING; STATISTICAL APPLICATION; WEIGHT;

MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 78650511706     PISSN: 01681699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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