Sorting apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    Sorting apparatus 有权
    分拣设备

    公开(公告)号:US09027759B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-05-12

    申请号:US13373622

    申请日:2011-11-22

    IPC分类号: B07B1/00 B07C5/342 B07C5/36

    摘要: A sorting apparatus is described, and which includes a conveyor which transports a produce stream for inspection. A product separation surface is mounted near the distal end of the conveyor, and the produce stream passes over the product separation surface, and is slowed to a speed such that the produce stream falls substantially immediately vertically downwardly. An inspection zone is located downstream relative to the product separation surface. An imaging device is provided, and which images the produce stream passing through the inspection zone; an illumination device is provided for illuminating the produce stream passing through the inspection zone, and an ejector assembly is located downstream of the inspection zone and which removes unwanted solid material in the produce stream having undesirable characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种分拣装置,其包括输送产品流以供检查的输送机。 产品分离表面安装在输送机的远端附近,并且产品流通过产品分离表面,并被减速到使得产物流基本上立即垂直向下落下的速度。 检验区位于产品分离面的下游。 提供了一种成像装置,并且对穿过检查区域的产品流进行成像; 提供照明装置用于照亮通过检查区的产物流,并且喷射器组件位于检查区的下游,并且其移除具有不期望特征的产物流中的不需要的固体物质。

    Method for discrimination of produce
    6.
    发明授权
    Method for discrimination of produce 有权
    产品鉴别方法

    公开(公告)号:US06369892B2

    公开(公告)日:2002-04-09

    申请号:US09766680

    申请日:2001-01-18

    申请人: Gerald R. Richert

    发明人: Gerald R. Richert

    IPC分类号: G01J346

    CPC分类号: G01N21/8901

    摘要: 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. Optics include an objective lens and a 1X relay lens divided in two and including a prism between halves. The exit pupil of the objective lens is imaged onto the entrance pupil of the 1X relay lens where a slit is positioned to define an image of the thin portion of the product unit in the sensing area. The optics spread the spectrum perpendicularly to the spatial direction to define a grid received by a CCD camera. The CCD camera and associated CPU operate on the data to bin attenuated pixels, train for filtering by spectral range and employ that training to subsequently train for the establishment of algorithms which sense differences in the filter data between product units of different attributes. Various algorithms are thus prepared for determining color, maturity, blemishes, size and the like.

    摘要翻译: 用于在两个平行输送机上经过传感部分传送的多个产品单元的输送系统。 感测部分包括多个线扫描传感器,每个线扫描传感器从两个输送机接收输入,并且跨越输送机的细线扫描中的校准标准物体。 光学元件包括一个物镜和一个分成两部分并包括一半之间的棱镜的1X中继透镜。 物镜的出射光瞳成像到1X中继透镜的入射光瞳上,其中狭缝被定位成在感测区域中限定产品单元的薄部分的图像。 光学器件将光谱垂直于空间方向扩展,以定义由CCD相机接收的网格。 CCD摄像机和相关CPU操作数据到二进制衰减像素,训练通过光谱范围进行滤波,并采用该训练随后进行训练,以建立感测不同属性的产品单元之间的过滤数据的差异的算法。 因此,准备了用于确定颜色,成熟度,瑕疵,尺寸等的各种算法。

    Object detection method
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10293379B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15632625

    申请日:2017-06-26

    摘要: An object detection method includes an electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an electromagnetic radiation detector on a first side of an inspection zone, a reflective background on a second side of the inspection zone and a controller operably connected to the emitter and the detector to measure/determine a first time of travel for emitted electromagnetic radiation waves/pulses to travel from the emitter, to the reflective background, and return to the detector, and to measure/determine a second time of travel for emitted electromagnetic radiation waves/pulses to travel from the emitter of electromagnetic radiation to objects of interest passing through the inspection zone along an unsupported path of travel and to be reflected to the electromagnetic radiation detector, and any determined time of travel which varies from the first time of travel is evidence there is an object within the inspection zone and between the emitter and the reflective background.

    Object Detection Method
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180369870A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-27

    申请号:US15632625

    申请日:2017-06-26

    摘要: An object detection method includes an electromagnetic radiation emitter, and an electromagnetic radiation detector on a first side of an inspection zone, a reflective background on a second side of the inspection zone and a controller operably connected to the emitter and the detector to measure/determine a first time of travel for emitted electromagnetic radiation waves/pulses to travel from the emitter, to the reflective background, and return to the detector, and to measure/determine a second time of travel for emitted electromagnetic radiation waves/pulses to travel from the emitter of electromagnetic radiation to objects of interest passing through the inspection zone along an unsupported path of travel and to be reflected to the electromagnetic radiation detector, and any determined time of travel which varies from the first time of travel is evidence there is an object within the inspection zone and between the emitter and the reflective background.