Produce orientor

A method of automatically orienting symmetric and asymmetric produce items, such as apples for example, is provided. Individual items of produce are manipulated by a programmable manipulator within the view of one or more depth imaging cameras. Digital three dimensional characterizations of the surf...

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Hauptverfasser:	Dunne, Brian, Mitchell, Russ, Evers, Brandon, Nelson, Daniel, Mcinnis, Mason, Bullock, David
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS CALCULATING COMPUTING COUNTING CUTTING DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING,CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS HAND CUTTING TOOLS HUMAN NECESSITIES IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS SEVERING THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A method of automatically orienting symmetric and asymmetric produce items, such as apples for example, is provided. Individual items of produce are manipulated by a programmable manipulator within the view of one or more depth imaging cameras. Digital three dimensional characterizations of the surface of the produce items are generated by the depth imaging camera or cameras and are utilized by a computer connected to the depth imaging camera or cameras to locate the stem and blossom of each produce item. Asymmetric produce items, such as apples with dropped shoulders as well as symmetric produce items can be properly oriented and processed automatically.