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Development of Automatic Sorting System for Green pepper Using Machine Vision

기계시각에 의한 풋고추 자동 선별시스템 개발

  • Cho, N.H. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering) ;
  • Chang, D.I. (Division of Bioresources Engineering, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, S.H. (Life & Technology Co.) ;
  • Hwang, H. (Dept. of Bio-Mechatronics Engineering, Life Science & Technology, Sungkyunkwan Suwon University) ;
  • Lee, Y.H. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering) ;
  • Park, J.R. (National Institute of Agricultural Engineering)
  • Published : 2006.12.25

Abstract

Production of green pepper has been increased due to customer's preference and a projected ten-year boom in the industry in Korea. This study was carried out to develop an automatic grading and sorting system for green pepper using machine vision. The system consisted of a feeding mechanism, segregation section, an image inspection chamber, image processing section, system control section, grading section, and discharging section. Green peppers were separated and transported using a bowl feeder with a vibrator and a belt conveyor, respectively. Images were taken using color CCD cameras and a color frame grabber. An on-line grading algorithm was developed using Visual C/C++. The green peppers could be graded into four classes by activating air nozzles located at the discharging section. Length and curvature of each green pepper were measured while removing a stem of it. The first derivative of thickness profile was used to remove a stem area of segmented image of the pepper. While pepper is moving at 0.45 m/s, the accuracy of grading sorting for large, medium and small pepper are 86.0%, 81.3% and 90.6% respectively. Sorting performance was 121 kg/hour, and about five times better than manual sorting. The developed system was also economically feasible to grade and sort green peppers showing the cost about 40% lower than that of manual operations.

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