Patent · US Expired

Fruit harvesting apparatus with television camera and monitor

US4519193A · kind A · utility

69Cited by
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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 1983
Grant dateMay 28, 1985
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Expiry dateMay 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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