Title :
VIP3D - an application of image processing technology for quality control in the food industry
Author :
Davies, Roger ; Heleno, Paulo ; Correia, Bento ; Dinis, João
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Dept, Instituto Nacional de Engenharia a Tecnologia Ind., Lisbon, Portugal
fDate :
6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the VIP3D machine, developed under contract for an industrial bakery that supplies pre-cooked, frozen bread to supermarkets, hotels and other commercial outlets throughout Europe. The machine, developed and built entirely by INETI´s Optoelectronics Department, is designed to make rapid and reliable measurements of bread loaves for the purpose of production quality control. This paper focuses on the problems encountered and the machine vision solutions developed, to obtain accurate 3-D measurements of the different types and sizes of loaves produced
Keywords :
computer vision; computerised instrumentation; food processing industry; image processing; production control; quality control; size measurement; 3D measurements; Europe; INETI; VIP3D; VIP3D machine; bread loaves; food industry; hotels; image processing technology; industrial bakery; machine vision solutions; pre-cooked frozen bread; production quality control; quality control; reliable measurements; size measurement; supermarkets; Food industry; Food technology; Image processing; Length measurement; Machine vision; Machinery production industries; Particle measurements; Quality control; Shape measurement; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Image Processing, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Thessaloniki
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6725-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIP.2001.959011
