Patent ID: 9546990
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: A47J,G01N,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for the detection of egg yolk in albumen, for example, but not exclusively, at least one yolk spot Aya, comprising, breaking an egg, separating albumen and yolk, collecting albumen and yolk separately in a yolk cup and in an albumen cup, imaging, substantially from above, of said yolk cup, having yolk area Ay, a preselected subarea Py, whereby a yolk image in a preselected colour space Sy is obtained, selecting for this yolk image a yolk measuring area Fy from the colour space Sy, imaging, substantially from above, of said albumen cup, having albumen area Aa, a preselected subarea Pa, whereby an albumen image is obtained, determining whether in that subarea Pa a colour is present that is within the yolk measuring area Fy of the colour space Sy, and delivering a characteristic of said albumen image based on the determination.