Patent ID: 7433059

Claim:
Device for treating a bulbous or tuberous plant having a green end and a root end and a bulb axis extending therethrough, said device comprising holding means for holding a bulb, cutting means for cutting the green end and the root end off the bulb, image registration means for determining an orientation in the device of the bulb held in the holding means, and orienting means for orienting the bulb in any of a plurality of orientations so that the orientation of the bulb can be adjusted to the cutting means on the basis of said determination, said device further comprising a first camera, as well as means for rotating the first camera and the bulb with respect to each other about an axis relatively stationary with respect to the first camera in the image field of the first camera, and means for registering a circumferential shape of the bulb perceived by the first camera and means for analysing the registration for determining the circumferential shape.