Determining the position and angular orientation of food products
CA 2531863 C · Owner: Fmc Technologies, Inc. · Inventors: Bottemiller, Robert L.
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A portioning system (10) includes a scanner (16) for scanning a passing poultry breast (14). A cutting device (18) a slicing device (20) and/or other equipment may be used to portion trim, or otherwise process the poultry breast under the control of a computer (22). The computer also utilizes the information from the scanner to determine position and the angular orientation of the poultry breast relative to a reference line by determining directional lines corresponding to physical attributes of the poultry breast. One directional line is related to the principal axis of the poultry breast determined from the axis of least inertia of the poultry breast. Other directional lines may …
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- Filed December 30, 2005 and granted February 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 30, 2025.
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