Portable multispectral imaging systems

US8159525B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Bosoon Park · Bogart, US
• Michio Kise · Bondurant, US
• Kurt C. Lawrence · Watkinsville, US
• William Robert Windham · Watkinsville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 9, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2201/062
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Multiport multispectral portable imaging systems having at least two cameras with charge-coupled device sensors, a front lens unit, at least two rear lens units, a beamsplitter, and at least two bandpass filters is used to detect contaminants on food.