PROCEDIMIENTO Y DISPOSITIVO NO INVASIVO PARA CLASIFICAR CARNE

• Main Authors: MICHEL, THOMAS EDWARD, PETRICOLA, DAVID LEE, SCHROEDER, AUBREY L, WHITEHEAD, JAMES THOMAS
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 16.05.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BUTCHERING; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS; MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEARDIMENSIONS; MEAT TREATMENT; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS; PHYSICS; PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SLAUGHTERING; TESTING; TRAPPING

SE DESCRIBEN UN APARATO NO INVASIVO Y UN METODO PARA MEDIR EL ESPESOR O EL CONTENIDO DE GRASA Y LA PROFUNDIDAD O LOS PARAMETROS DE LA ZONA QUE CLASIFICAR LA CARNE Y LOS ANIMALES. EL DISPOSITIVO INCLUYE UN TRANSDUCTOR ULTRASONICO Y UN DISPOSITIVO ANALIZADOR QUE PROPORCIONA INFORMACION DE EXPLORACION A EN FORMA DIGITALIZADA. UN CONTROLADOR INDEPENDIENTE MUEVE EL TRANSDUCTOR ULTRASONICO A LO LARGO DE UN TRAYECTO PREDETERMINADO ADYACENTE A UN ANIMAL O A UNA CARCASA A LA VEZ QUE SE OBTIENEN EXPLORACIONES A EN SITIOS PREDETERMINADOS A LO LARGO DEL TRAYECTO. LAS EXPLORACIONES A SE DIGITALIZAN Y SE ANALIZAN PARA DETERMINAR LOS LIMITES DE LAS SUPERFICIES DE CONTACTO DE LOS TEJIDOS. SE IMPLEMENTAN ECUACIONES PARA DETERMINAR LA ZONA DEL MUSCULO LONGISSIMUS Y EL ESPESOR DEL TEJIDO ADIPOSO Y SE PUEDE DETERMINAR, A PARTIR DEL MISMO, LA CLASE DEL CONTENIDO DE CARNE MAGRA. TAMBIEN SE UTILIZAN TECNICAS DE MODELADO PARA VALORAR CIERTAS PARTES DE LA ZONA DEL MUSCULO LONGISSIMUS DEL ANIMAL O DE LA CARCASA EN BASE A LOS DATOS REUNIDOS DURANTE LA EXPLORACION ULTRASONICA DE LA CARCASA. A non-invasive apparatus and method for measuring fat thickness or content and muscle depth or area parameters grading meat and animals are disclosed. The device includes an ultrasonic transducer and analyzer device which provides A scan information in digitized form. A separate controller moves the ultrasonic transducer along a predetermined path adjacent an animal or carcass while A scans are obtained at predetermined locations along the path. The A scans are digitized and analyzed to determine the tissue interface boundaries. Equations are implemented to determined the area of the longissimus muscle and fat tissue thicknesses and a lean content rating for the animal may be determined therefrom. Modeling techniques are also used to estimate certain portions of the area of the longissimus muscle of the animal or carcass based upon data gathered during the ultrasound scanning of the carcass.