Method and system for contaminant detection during food processing

US6587575B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignees

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US
• University of Georgia Research Foundation, Inc. · US
• ProVision Technologies Division Institute for Technology Development · US

Inventors

• William Robert Windham · Watkinsville, US
• Kurt C. Lawrence · Watkinsville, US
• Bosoon Park · Bogart, US
• Luis Angel Martinez · Querétaro, MX
• Mark Allen Lanoue · Järvevana tee, US
• David Alexaender Smith · Ocean Springs, US
• Jerry Heitschmidt · Slidell, US
• Gavin Poole · Slidell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 9, 2001
• Grant date: Jul 1, 2003
• Expiry date: Feb 24, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/1293
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Imaging systems, containing at least one charge-coupled device detector, are used for determining contamination of foodstuffs, such as for example, animal carcasses. Image processing algorithms allow for the identification of contaminants.