Patent ID: 8682027
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for determining the product density value of preferable small fungible products within an acceptable size range, comprising: a weight scale, said weight scale adapted to determine a sample weight value indicative of the weight of a sample; an imaging table; a camera, said camera adapted to transmit at least one image of said imaging table to a counting processor; said counting processor adapted to identify each acceptable product in said sample within said acceptable size range and determining the number of said acceptable products, said counting processor adapted to perform a morphological erosion on said at least one image of said products above said acceptable size range until all of said products above said acceptable size range appear separated or in predictable count clusters and of determining the number of said separated products and of the number of products in said predictable count cluster, and adapted to combine the number of said acceptable products of said sample within said acceptable size range, said number of said separated products to determine a sample count, and said number of products in said predictable count cluster; and a density processor adapted to receive an input of said sample weight value and to determine said product density value by dividing said sample count by said sample weight value.