Patent ID: 7623249
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: A22C,B26D,G01B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automated system for processing a food product based on the acquisition of the food product's surface profile, comprising: a product processor; a conveying device along which the product is conducted in sequence; a profiling apparatus having a scale for weighing the product and for providing weight information; a controller being signal-connected to the upper and lower cameras, and to the scale, said controller being adapted for determining the volume of the product by acquiring and processing multiple visual images acquired by the upper and lower cameras along the length of the product as the product is moved through the profiling apparatus, and is arranged to complete acquiring and processing the multiple visual images of the product before processing of the product in the product processor; and wherein the product processor is a slicer adapted to cut slices of a particular weight, responsive to said controller and the product processor varies its processing operation on the product based upon the volume of the product and the weight information provided by the scale.