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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Tomra Sorting N.v., Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TOMRA SORTING N.V., Leuven, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G01N 21/4738 (2013.01); G01N 2201/065 (2013.01); G01N 2201/129 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of mycotoxins in cereals, the method including: capturing at least one diffuse-light absorption spectrum of a collection of cereal grains; capturing at least one diffuse-light absorption spectrum of at least one individual cereal grain from the collection of cereal grains; and classifying the level of mycotoxin contamination in at least one cereal grain by performing multivariate data analysis on the at least one diffuse-light absorption spectrum of the collection of cereal grains and the at least one diffuse-light absorption spectrum of the at least one individual cereal grain.