Real-time inspection of fruit on a mobile haresting platform in field conditions using computer vision
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Cubero, Sergio; Moltó, Enrique; Gutiérrez, Abelardo; Aleixos, Nuria; García-Navarrete, Óscar L.; Juste, Florentino; Blasco, JoséDate
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Cubero, S., Moltó, E., Gutiérrez, A., Aleixos, N., García-Navarrete, O. L., Juste, F., Blasco, J. (2010). Real-time inspection of fruit on a mobile haresting platform in field conditions using computer vision. Progress in Agricultural Engineering Science, 6, 1-16.Abstract
The best alternative for reducing citrus production costs is mechanization. Machine
vision is a reliable technology for the automatic inspection of fresh fruits and vegetables
that can be adapted to harvesting machines. In these, fruits can be inspected before sending them to the packinghouse and machine vision provides important information for
subsequent processing and avoids spending further resources in non-marketable fruit.
The present work describes a computer vision system installed on a harvesting machine
developed jointly by IVIA and a Spanish enterprise. In this machine, hand pickers directly drop the fruit as they collect it, which results in an important increase of productivity. The machine vision system is placed over rollers in order to inspect the produce,
and separate those that can be directly sent to the fresh market from those that do not
meet minimal quality requirements but can be used by the processing industry, based on
color, size and the presence of surface damages. The system was tested under field conditions.