Fruit harvesting apparatus with television camera and monitor
US4519193A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 19, 1983 |
| Grant date | May 28, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V20/68
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fruit harvesting apparatus in which the positions of fruit are searched and detected by a television camera with a variable shooting direction. Both the television camera and a spot light emitting device, such as a laser, are varied in position and direction in accordance with instructions to locate a fruit. A movable fruit picker is then moved to the determined position of the fruit and operated to pick the fruit.
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