High speed intelligent classifier of tomatoes by colour, size and weight;Clasificadora inteligente de tomates de alta velocidad por color, tamaño y peso

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 314-325

  Clement, J ^a   Novas, N ^a   Gazquez, J A ^a   Manzano Agugliaro, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial vision; Low cost; Solanum lycopersicum; Trading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864724029     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2012102-368-11     Document Type: Article

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