Optimization of lighting conditions and camera height for citrus image processing

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1435-1442

  Adelkhani, Ali ^a   Beheshti, Babak ^a   Minaei, Saeid ^b   Javadikia, Payam ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Camera height; Citrus; Image processing; Light intensity; Light type; Machine vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866505743     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.18.10.1717     Document Type: Article

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