US 11,852,619 B2
Apparatus for inspecting meat, system for inspecting meat including the same, refrigerator including the same, and method of inspecting meat
Unjeong Kim, Osan-si (KR); Hyungbin Son, Seoul (KR); and Suyeon Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR); and CHUNG ANG University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR); and CHUNG ANG University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/479,377.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0121798 (KR), filed on Sep. 21, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0097962 (KR), filed on Jul. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0091087 A1, Mar. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 33/12 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC G01N 33/12 (2013.01) [F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/6456 (2013.01); G01N 21/6486 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10064 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10152 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20021 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20221 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A meat inspection apparatus comprising:
a light source configured to emit a plurality of inspection lights to a plurality of regions of meat, respectively;
a light detector configured to generate a plurality of emission spectrum signals based on measuring a plurality of fluorescences emitted from the plurality of regions; and
a processor configured to:
receive the plurality of emission spectrum signals from the light detector;
generate hyperspectral images of the meat based on the plurality of emission spectrum signals; and
obtain a state of the meat based on the hyperspectral images,
wherein the processor is further configured to obtain the state of the meat for a plurality of sub-regions in each of the plurality of regions.