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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2019
Monsanto Technology Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Louis M. Pompe Van Meerdervoort, Rotterdam, NL;
Eric L. Borrowman, St. Peters, MO (US);
Jarrett R. Ceglinski, St. Louis, MO (US);
Govind Chaudhary, Maryland Heights, MO (US);
Leendert De Bruin, Berkel en Rodenrijs, NL;
Johnny J. Kotyk, St. Louis, MO (US);
Brad D. White, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A seed sorting system for sorting seeds includes a seed transfer station configured to move seeds through the system. An imaging assembly includes an x-ray camera configured to acquire x-ray images of the seeds as the seeds move through the system. The x-ray camera is configured to produce high quality images at high line scan rates to accommodate a speed and width at which the seeds are moved by the seed transfer station through the system. A sorting assembly is configured to sort the seeds into separate bins based on the acquired x-ray images of the seeds.