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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Appareo Systems, Llc, Fargo, ND (US);
Inventors:
Marshall T. Bremer, Fargo, ND (US);
Nicholas L. Butts, West Fargo, ND (US);
Assignee:
Appareo Systems, LLC, Fargo, ND (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A01D 41/127 (2006.01); G01G 19/08 (2006.01); A01D 57/12 (2006.01); G01B 7/14 (2006.01); G01N 33/00 (2006.01); G01S 13/86 (2006.01); G01S 13/87 (2006.01); G01S 17/02 (2006.01); G01S 17/88 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01L 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/41 (2006.01); G01S 13/88 (2006.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01D 41/127 (2013.01); A01D 41/1277 (2013.01); A01D 57/12 (2013.01); B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G01B 7/14 (2013.01); G01G 19/08 (2013.01); G01L 1/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/0098 (2013.01); G01S 7/411 (2013.01); G01S 13/865 (2013.01); G01S 13/867 (2013.01); G01S 13/87 (2013.01); G01S 13/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/026 (2013.01); G01S 17/88 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); A01D 41/1271 (2013.01); A01D 41/1272 (2013.01); A01D 41/1273 (2013.01); A01D 41/1274 (2013.01); A01D 41/1276 (2013.01); G06K 2209/17 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30128 (2013.01); H04N 5/23229 (2013.01);
Abstract
A crop quality sensor, comprising an illumination source, an imaging device, and a processor executing application software. The illumination source is shone onto a crop sample, and an image is taken with the imaging device of the illuminated crop sample. The software executing on the processor is used to analyze the image to identify the outlines of individual kernels and to identify which of those outlines contain a specular highlight, indicative that the kernel is whole and unbroken, while the absence of such a specular highlight is indicative of a broken kernel.