Object image recognition and instant active response with enhanced application and utility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10521896-B2
Application number	US-201816205854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2018
Priority date	Jul 5, 2012
Publication date	Dec 31, 2019
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019

Abstract

A device for detecting offending features on individual granular objects or small objects. The device uses an image capturing system to scan batches of granular or small objects such as wheat, grain, rice, seeds, legumes or nuts to detect any undesirable feature such as disease, mold or spoilage. An action head on the device is configured to automatically respond once an undesirable feature is identified. The action head may capture the individual objects having undesirable features or it may cast them aside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for detecting offending objects, comprising:
an image capturing device;
an image recognition system connected to the image capturing device, the image recognition system being trained to recognize characteristics of individual objects within a batch of individual objects, the image recognition system being further trained to recognize offending characteristics of the individual objects;
a moveable arm, the moveable arm deployable to the vicinity of an individual object having an offending characteristic;
an action head provided on the moveable arm; and
software configured to detect a presence of an offending characteristic on an individual object and to control the moveable arm to move to the action head to the vicinity of the individual object having an offending characteristic.

2. The device of claim 1 , whereby the individual object is any of a grain, seed, nut, rice or a legume.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the image recognition system is trained to recognize any of a color, shape, or size of the individual object.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the action head comprises a vacuum head being configured to vacuum an individual object having an offending characteristic.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the action head comprises a blower configured to blow away an individual object having an offending characteristic.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the offending characteristic comprises color information associated with disease, spoilage or mold.

Assignees

• Fryshman Bernard

Inventors

• Fryshman Bernard

Classifications

• G06V20/17 Primary

  taken from planes or by drones · CPC title

• G06V20/66

  Trinkets, e.g. shirt buttons or jewellery items (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G06T7/0008 Primary

  checking presence/absence · CPC title

• H04N23/00

  Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof · CPC title

• H04N23/51

  Housings · CPC title