Patent · US Expired

Method of measuring meat texture

US4908703A · kind A · utility

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6References

4Claims

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Assignee

Lumetech A/S · DK

Inventors

Svend A. Jensen · Copenhagen, DK
Peter Haagensen · Copenhagen, DK

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 1988
Grant date	Mar 13, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 6, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2021/8887
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a method of detecting meat texture the surface of the meat is illuminated in at least two directions which are substantially perpendicular to a base for the meat in a common illumination plane. A loose texture manifests itself in deep cracks (8, 9, 10) in e.g. the fillet of fish. When the surface of the fillet is illuminated in the directions (11 and 12), the depressions (8, 9, 10) bring about such a great contrast in the recording of an image of the surface that the image information can be processed electronically and be utilized for control of equipment, either for rejection of the fillet or for cutting away the damaged areas.

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