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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:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Steven C. Mulder, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Calvin G. Gray, Richmond, VA (US);
Paul G. Scardino, Layton, UT (US);
Inventors:
Steven C. Mulder, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Calvin G. Gray, Richmond, VA (US);
Paul G. Scardino, Layton, UT (US);
Assignee:
Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG, Balingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A food product checking system for at least one of identification and grading of food products packed in a tray is provided, comprising a tray positioning area, an illumination device for illuminating the food product with white light, at least one camera for taking images of the illuminated food product, and an evaluation device for image processing of taken images, wherein the evaluation device is adapted to perform a color analysis of taken images.