Title:
IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SORTING POULTRY MEAT WITH WOODEN BREAST MYOPATHY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/213535
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The image sorting system sorts normal chicken breast meat fillets from chicken fillets that exhibit wooden breast myopathy (i.e. WB fillets). In the preferred embodiment, a camera and associated controller gather data and construct a digital image of a chicken breast fillet as it travels on a conveyer belt. The digital image is used to calculate a centroid (i.e. center of mass) of the fillet. As the fillet moves over a nose of the conveyor belt and free-falls to a lower conveyor belt, the controller determines the distance between the fillet centroid and a reference point (preferably the conveyer belt axis of rotation). If the distance exceeds a predetermined minimum distance, the fillet is designated a WB fillet.
Inventors:
YOON SEUNG C (US)
BOWKER BRIAN C (US)
ZHUANG HONG (US)
LAWRENCE KURT C (US)
HEITSCHMIDT GERALD W (US)
SHIN TAE SUNG (US)
BOWKER BRIAN C (US)
ZHUANG HONG (US)
LAWRENCE KURT C (US)
HEITSCHMIDT GERALD W (US)
SHIN TAE SUNG (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/033114
Publication Date:
March 07, 2019
Filing Date:
May 17, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
US AGRICULTURE (US)
International Classes:
A22C21/00
Foreign References:
| JP4020659B2 | 2007-12-12 | |||
| JP2002281891A | 2002-10-02 | |||
| US20040028777A1 | 2004-02-12 | |||
| KR101678488B1 | 2016-11-22 | |||
| KR100889487B1 | 2009-03-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
GOLDBERG, Joshua B. (US)
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