PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a color image pickup and appearance feature analysis system for cultivation, quality control and evaluation of agricultural products, providing performance close to human eyes.SOLUTION: A color image pickup and appearance feature analysis system includes a color image pickup system and/or an appearance feature analysis system, wherein the color image pickup system has one light source among a conical light source, a truncated cone light source and a cylinder truncated cone light source, and an object is placed in the light source, and the appearance feature analysis system includes: a process including a shape computing process and a statistical analysis process or a computing process for at least two out of the shape, the color and the size and a process including the statistical analysis process or a visualizing process for an appearance feature distance.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】人の目に近い農産物の栽培・品質管理や評価を課題とし、色彩画像撮像・外観特徴解析システムを提供する。【解決手段】色彩画像撮像システム及び又は外観特徴解析システムからなる色彩画像撮像・外観特徴解析システムであって、色彩画像撮像システムは、円錐光源・円錐台光源・円筒円錐台光源のいずれか1つの光源を有し、該光源内に対象物を設置し、外観特徴解析システムは、形状の算出工程と、統計解析工程とからなる工程、又は形状、色彩、サイズうち、少なくとも2つの算出工程と、統計解析工程若しくは外観特徴距離の可視化工程とからなる工程、を備える。【選択図】図1
