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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Hiroki Ishizuki, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Emori, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihisa Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
Satake Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A method is provided for calculating a weight ratio by quality grade using a grain appearance quality grade discrimination device. The method involves the steps of imaging a plurality of grains; discriminating the quality grade of the grains on the basis of data of the imaged grains; tallying, by quality grade, the number of pixels in said data of the imaged grains with regards to the grains whose quality grade has been discriminated; multiplying the number of pixels tallied by quality grade by a weight conversion coefficient per pixel predetermined by quality grade, and thereby converting said number of pixels into a weight by quality grade; and calculating the weight ratio by quality grade of the grains on the basis of the weight by quality grade.