Patent ID: 7610155
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method for developing a classification model for classifying plant embryos according to their quality, the method comprising: (a) receiving sets of spectral data of plant embryos of known quality, each set of spectral data of a plant embryo of known quality being associated with one of multiple class labels according to the known quality of the corresponding embryo from which the set of spectral data of the plant embryo of known quality is obtained; (b) filtering, using a plurality of filters, the received sets of spectral data of the plant embryos of known quality to provide sets of filtered spectral data values of the plant embryos of known quality, each set of filtered spectral data values of the plant embryo of known quality being associated with one of the multiple class labels according to the known quality of the corresponding embryo from which the set of filtered spectral data values of the plant embryo of known quality values is derived, wherein the filtering comprises: (c) applying a classification algorithm to the sets of filtered spectral data values of the plant embryos of known quality and their corresponding class labels to develop the classification model; and (d) outputting the developed classification model to a user for use in classifying embryos according to their quality, wherein all of the steps are performed on a computer.