	US 11,992,020 B2
	Determining measure of gaping in fish fillet item
Anders Kjaer, Stovring (DK); and Martin Andersen, Stovring (DK)
Assigned to MAREL SALMON A/S, Stovring (DK)
Appl. No. 18/266,652
Filed by MAREL SALMON A/S, Stovring (DK)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/087017 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 12, 2023, PCT Pub. No. WO2022/136386, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 30, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20216569 (EP), filed on Dec. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0389559 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A22C 25/16 (2006.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 30/18 (2022.01)

CPC A22C 17/008 (2013.01) [A22C 17/0086 (2013.01); A22C 25/16 (2013.01); G06V 20/64 (2022.01); G06V 30/18 (2022.01)]

25 Claims

1. A method of determining a measure of gaping in a fish fillet item, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining three-dimensional profile data of a first area of the fish fillet item;

obtaining optical imaging data of a second area of the fish fillet item, wherein the first area and the second area are overlapping at least within an overlap area;

determining a measure of gaping in the fish fillet item based on the

(i) three-dimensional profile data within the overlap area, and the

(ii) optical imaging data within the overlap area.