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http://dx.doi.org/10.5307/JBE.2005.30.3.172

Development of an Automatic Sweet Potato Sorting System Using Image Processing  

Yang G. M. (KSME member, Research Engineer, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering)
Choi K. H. (KSME member, Research Engineer, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering)
Cho N. H. (KSME member, Research Engineer, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering)
Park J. R. (KSME member, Research Engineer, National Institute of Agricultural Engineering)
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Journal of Biosystems Engineering / v.30, no.3, 2005 , pp. 172-178 More about this Journal
Abstract
Grading and sorting an indeterminate form of agricultural products such as sweet potatoes and potatoes are a labor intensive job because its shape and size are various and complicate. It costs a great deal to sort sweet potato in an indeterminate forms. There is a great need for an automatic grader fur the potatoes. Machine vision is the promising solution for this purpose. The optical indices for qualifying weight and appearance quality such as shape, color, defects, etc. were obtained and an on-line sorting system was developed. The results are summarized as follows. Sorting system combined with an on-line inspection device was composed of 5 sections, human inspection, feeding, illumination chamber, image processing & control, and grading & discharging. The algorithms to compute geometrical parameters related to the external guality were developed and implemented for sorting the deformed sweet potatoes. Grading accuracy by image processing was $96.4\%$ and the processing capacity was 10,800 pieces per hour.
Keywords
Sweet potato; Machine vision; Grader; Sorting; Image processing;
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