Patent ID: 6735326
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A22B,G01N

Abstract:
A method for evaluating carcass halves by optical image processing, in which an image region (1) furnished for photogrammetrical evaluation contains an optical picture taken of the loin and leg region of the carcass half, and readily visible body components are detected by computation and specific parameters for the evaluation are ascertained,characterized in that two prominent points and one straight line (5) are reliably detected photogrammetrically, with the end of an hipbone (2) nearer the body is used as a first prominent point, and the mean course of the back fat (4) is used as the straight line (5); that a parallel (6) through the first prominent point and a vertical (7) through the second prominent point relative to the straight line (5) are calculated; and that the length of the segments of the vertical (7) to the parallel (6) and to the outer boundary of the back fat (4) are used as specific parameters for the evaluation.