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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuo Fujii, Sakai, JP;
Masahiko Hayashi, Toyonaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kubota, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364478 ; 56 102 ; 563281 ; 364526 ;
Abstract
A produce identifying apparatus for deriving positional data of an object based on a particular color corresponding to the object from image data provided by a video camera, and a guide apparatus for a produce handling machine equipped with the produce identifying apparatus. The produce identifying apparatus comprises a device for illuminating the object, a device for selecting variable density image data of a range corresponding to the particular color from the image data obtained under illumination by the illuminating device, and a device for detecting a luminance peak position from the variable density image data.