| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6400833 |
Method and apparatus for discrimination of product units from spread spectrum images of thin por |
June 4, 2002 |
| A conveying system for multiple product units conveyed on two parallel conveyors past a sensing section. The sensing section includes multiple line scan sensors which each receive input from both conveyors and a calibration standard object in a thin line scan across the conveyors. Op |
| 6369892 |
Method for discrimination of produce |
April 9, 2002 |
| A conveying system for multiple product units conveyed on two parallel conveyors past a sensing section. The sensing section includes multiple line scan sensors which each receive input from both conveyors and a calibration standard object in a thin line scan across the conveyors. Op |
| 5401954 |
Product ripeness discrimination system and method therefor with area measurement |
March 28, 1995 |
| A product discrimination system using a fiber optic sensing system and a line scan camera sensor for recalibration of the fiber optic system. A plurality of fiber optic sensing stations measure reflected light spectra of products conveyed past the stations. The line scan camera is positi |
| 5286980 |
Product discrimination system and method therefor |
February 15, 1994 |
| A product discrimination system using a fiber optic sensing system and a line scan camera sensor for recalibration of the fiber optic system. A plurality of fiber optic sensing stations measure reflected light spectra of products conveyed past the stations. The line scan camera is positi |
| 5223917 |
Product discrimination system |
June 29, 1993 |
| A product discrimination system using a lens assembly for projecting an image of the product unit toward a randomized fiber optic cable. The end of the fiber optic cable is constructed in a rectangular section such that a long thin section of the product unit is viewed at any given time. |
| 5156278 |
Product discrimination system and method therefor |
October 20, 1992 |
| A product discrimination system using an off-loading conveyor with rotatably mounted bow tie rollers to convey product units past a sensing station. The sensing station includes four receptors arranged along the conveying path for sensing the physical attributes of products. Between |
| 5106195 |
Product discrimination system and method therefor |
April 21, 1992 |
| A product discrimination system using a lens assembly for projecting an image of the product unit toward a randomized fiber optic cable. The end of the fiber optic cable is constructed in a rectangular section such that a long thin section of the product unit is viewed at any given time. |
| 5018864 |
Product discrimination system and method therefor |
May 28, 1991 |
| A product discrimination system using a lens assembly for projecting an image of the product unit toward a randomized fiber optic cable. The end of the fiber optic cable is constructed in a rectangular section such that a long thin section of the product unit is viewed at any given time. |
| 4515275 |
Apparatus and method for processing fruit and the like |
May 7, 1985 |
| Apparatus and method for processing fruit and the like, particularly for sorting as a function of variables including color, blemish, size and shape. The apparatus provides an illuminator for substantially uniformly illuminating a portion of the item being examined, and a signal detector |
