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Mark Allen Lanoue

Robert E Ryan

Matthew Bethel

George A May

David A Smith

Kurt C Lawrence

William R Windham

Bosoon Park

Gavin H Poole

Luis A Martinez

Jerry Heitschmidt

In a system for optimizing crop growth, vegetation is cultivated in a contained environment, such as a greenhouse, an underground cavern or other enclosed space. Imaging equipment is positioned within or about the contained environment, to acquire spatially distributed crop growth information, and environmental sensors are provided to acquire data regarding multiple environmental conditions that can affect crop development. Illumination within the contained environment, and the addition of essential nutrients and chemicals are in turn controlled in response to data acquired by the imaging apparatus and environmental sensors, by an 'expert system' which is trained to analyze and evaluate crop conditions. The expert system controls the spatial and temporal lighting pattern within the contained area, and the timing and allocation of nutrients and chemicals to achieve optimized crop development. A user can access the 'expert system' remotely, to assess activity within the growth chamber, and can override the &#x201c;expert system&#x201d;.

Expert system for controlling plant growth in a contained environment

A hyperspectral imaging workstation includes both UV and VNIR sensors together in a single enclosure. Each sensor captures an image of a target or specimen, resulting in respective UV and VNIR data sets which are then merged into a single hyperspectral data set that includes a highly correlated contiguous spectral bands throughout a range of from 200 to 1000 nanometers.

Hyperspectral imaging workstation having visible/near-infrared and ultraviolet image sensors

Imaging systems, containing at least one charge-coupled device detector, are used for determining contamination of foodstuffs, such as for example, animal carcasses. Image processing algorithms allow for the identification of contaminants.

Method and system for contaminant detection during food processing

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