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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Wayne Dwight Roomes Daley, Snellville, GA (US);
Douglas Frank Britton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Dwight Roomes Daley, Snellville, GA (US);
Douglas Frank Britton, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for inspecting food products are presented in which contrast images are generated by subtracting reference data from an acquired sample image. Processing of the data is performed on the contrast image, which results in improved defect detection.