Portable tool for determining meat quality
US8260005B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA22B5/0064
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system, method and device for grading of meat such as bovine, porcine, sheep, horse or poultry meat among others. The device of this invention is a portable tool, which is approached toward a meat specimen to be analyzed and captures an image. The device then objectively relates the image to meat quality parameters by means of an image analyzing method. The device and method solve, in a practical, fast and satisfactory way, the problem of determining meat quality parameters such as texture, color, and contained intramuscular fat percentage.
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