Title :
Feature extraction algorithm for beef marbling
Author :
Yoshikawa, Fumito ; Toraichi, Kazuo ; Wada, Koichi ; Otsu, Nobuyuki ; Nakai, Hiroyasu ; Mitsumoto, Mitsuru ; Katagishi, Kazuki ; Hing, Kwan Paul Wing
Author_Institution :
Tsukuba Univ., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
Proposes a feature extraction algorithm for automatically grading beef marbling. Considering the practical usage of a beef marbling grading support system, the feature extraction algorithm for beef marbling that can precisely identify the distribution of fat particles and the fat contents must be designed to be simple and robust for actual use. From the results of our experiments, the usefulness and appropriateness of using run length histogram quantized data as the feature quantities for the grading of beef marbling has been confirmed
Keywords :
feature extraction; food processing industry; beef marbling grading support system; fat contents; fat particles; run length histogram quantized data; Algorithm design and analysis; Animals; Brightness; Charge coupled devices; Current measurement; Feature extraction; Histograms; Image analysis; Performance evaluation; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, Computers and Signal Processing, 1999 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on
Conference_Location :
Victoria, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5582-2
DOI :
10.1109/PACRIM.1999.799514
