Shrimp processing system and methods

Methods and systems using a vision system to process shrimp. The vision system captures images of samples of shrimps. The processor produces a digital image of the shrimps in the samples. Shrimps exiting a peeler are imaged to determine the number of tail segments in each. The shrimps are classified...

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Main Authors Lapeyre Robert S, Ledet Charles J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 03.04.2018
Subjects
BUTCHERING
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
HUMAN NECESSITIES
MEAT TREATMENT
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
POSTAL SORTING
PRESENTATION OF DATA
PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH
PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS
SORTING
SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTEDPIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Methods and systems using a vision system to process shrimp. The vision system captures images of samples of shrimps. The processor produces a digital image of the shrimps in the samples. Shrimps exiting a peeler are imaged to determine the number of tail segments in each. The shrimps are classified by the number of intact segments, and quality, yield, and throughput computed from the classification results. The processor can control operational settings of the peeler based on the classification results. In a larger system including other shrimp-processing equipment besides the peeler, other points along the processing path can be imaged by camera or sensed by other sensors to determine processing quality and to make automatic operational adjustments to the equipment.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201314086659