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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1998
Yeming Gu, Suwanee, GA (US);
Michael A. Spencer, Suwanee, GA (US);
Donald A. Collins, Jr., Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Jeffrey P. Treptau, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Stephen J. Ames, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Daniel B. Seevers, Duluth, GA (US);
Rex A. Aleshire, Buford, GA (US);
Hong Tang, Suwanee, GA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A produce data collector and produce recognition system which illuminates a produce item with substantially uniform light to enhance the accuracy of collected produce data and subsequent identification of the produce item as part of a transaction in a transaction establishment. The produce data collector includes a light source for illuminating the produce item with substantially uniform light during the transaction, a light separating element for splitting light collected from the produce item into a plurality of different light portions having different wavelengths, a detector for converting energy in the plurality of light portions into a plurality of electrical signals, and control circuitry which digitizes the plurality of electrical signals to produce a digital spectrum from the produce item which contains information to identify the produce item for the purpose of determining its unit price.