Rosser W. Pryor,Roland C. Myers, Jr.,Stephan C. Robinson,Roger D. Billingsley,Stephen Chris Jens,Frank E. Davis,Robert Ragon
申请号：
US12790777
公开号：
US08549996B2
申请日:
2010.05.28
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
A system for trimming a lettuce head using a digital imaging system and cutting mechanism. The lettuce head is conveyed between a lower feed conveyor and an upper feed conveyor that is disposed a fixed distance over and substantially aligned with a lower feed conveyor. The digital imaging system is configured to capture an image of the lettuce head and determine a cutting profile using the image. The cutting mechanism is disposed over the lower feed conveyor and includes: a servo motor mechanically coupled to a drive shaft an armature with a pivot end mounted to the drive shaft and a sweep end disposed a radial distance from the pivot end a cutting nozzle, mounted to the sweep end of the armature, configured to trim the lettuce head and servo-control circuitry configured to articulate the cutting nozzle through a cutting arc based on the cutting profile.
