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The identification and filtering of fertilized eggs with a thermal imaging system

Authors :
Chern-Sheng Lin
Der-Chin Chen
Chi-Hung Lee
Po Ting Yeh
Yih-Chih Chiou
Source :
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 91:94-105
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

In this study, a thermal imaging system is presented for the identification and filtering of fertilized eggs. The system can detect the temperature of the target from the infrared image. The Sobel operator was employed to seek the outline of the eggs. Fuzzy theory is used to obtain the best threshold value for damaged eggs with the use of the grayscale co-occurrence matrix. Then the system can make a judgment as to whether each egg is good or bad. The accuracy of the system can reach even people without experience can use this system to identify bad eggs. With the use of machine vision in the testing process instead of personal judgments, time-saving can be achieved, and the quality can also be improved in the chicken farm operation.

Details

ISSN :
01681699
Volume :
91
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........43f679338aaff06ffb8659c6c18365de
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2012.12.004