Software controlled meat probe for use in determining meat tenderness
CA 2276123 A1 · Owner: Ontario Cattlemen'S Association · Inventors: Nadeau, Steven P.
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A data processor used in the overall process of determining meat tenderness which receives, analyses and graphically displays in a dynamic format collected fluorescence emitted by connective tissue as a meat probe passes by such tissue during either insertion or removal of the meat probe from the meat. The data processor also collects and calculates feature variables based on the data collected during the insertion and removal of the meat probe and , through the use of artificial intelligence and artificial neural network processing can be taught to recognize patterns in the meat probe data indicative of tenderness. The data processor also performs an analysis of probe data to make …
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- Filed December 31, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 31, 2017.
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