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The internal quality of apple is impossible to be detected by eyes in the procedure of sorting, which could reduce the apple’s quality reaching market. This paper illustrates an instrument using X-ray and machine vision. The following steps were introduced to process the X-ray image in order to determine the mould core apple. Firstly, lifting wavelet transform was used to get a low frequency image and three high frequency images. Secondly, we enhanced the low frequency image through image’s histogram equalization. Then, the edge of each apple's image was detected using canny operator. Finally, a threshold was set to clarify mould core and normal apple according to the different length of the apple core’s diameter. The experimental results show that this method could on-line detect the mould core apple with less time consuming, less than 0.03 seconds per apple, and the accuracy could reach 92%.
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Yang, F., Yang, L., Yang, Q., Kang, L. (2009). NONDESTRUCTIVE DETECTION OF THE INTERNALQUALITY OF APPLE USING X-RAY AND MACHINE VISION. In: Zhao, C., Li, D. (eds) Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture II, Volume 3. CCTA 2008. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 295. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0213-9_20
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