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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2022
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Yang Tao, North Potomac, MD (US);
Robert Vinson, Rockville, MD (US);
Dongyi Wang, College Park, MD (US);
Maxwell Holmes, Washington, DC (US);
Gary E. Seibel, Westminster, MD (US);
University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD (US);
Abstract
An automated method for crab meat picking which has an image processing system configured with an imaging sub-system and an image processing sub-system acting in cooperation with each other where the image processing system operates in accordance with a processing routine. An image of a crab to be processed is obtained by the imaging sub-system which is transmitted to the image processing system where the processing routine determines appropriate cut lines to be made on the crab being processed based on instructions from the image processing sub-system. The crab being processed is then cut in accordance with the appropriate cutting lines developed.