Objetivo At the end of the Project, the following results were reached: 1. Techniques have been developed for the on-line examination of meat using multiple, existing technologies. Studies of the most appropriate sensors have been carried out too. Though, the X-Rays and Infrared sensors chosen were for chickens and pig leg examination, their application in other areas within the food industry were considered, especially within the meat industry. Safety issues, the effect to production environment on the sensors, and their costs were also considered 2. Image processing algorithms have been developed for the recognition of most of the chicken meat features, including sub-surface features using infrared sensors 3. A chicken test bed was constructed, so to demonstrate the ALINSPEC system in terms of image acquisition capabilities 4. Although a pig leg demonstrator was not built, several stand-alone software modules, to be demonstrated on an off-line mode and covering almost all the different industrial requirements, have been developed. 4. For pig legs, the priority is not in the recognition of meat features required for on-line examination, but in the recognition of features which will be beneficial to those developing systems for automating the pig butchery process. Hence classical and neural algorithms have been developed for identifying bones and muscle groups on the cut surface of a pig leg. In addition, algorithms of meat features and the measurement of the fat thickness have been developed. Such features are essential for assessing the suitability of a pig leg for spanish dry cured hams.An Intelligent Vision Sustem For Real Time Inspection of Alimentary Products (ALINSPEC) especially suited for "on line" quality control of chicken and pig meat is proposed.Multiple sensor data are processed by means of fusion techniques to obtain the most amount of significant information of the observed "scenario". The system employs Artificial Intelligence techniques to produce fast decision for actions to be performed, in order to "react" and to govern the production process according to production flexible rules. Working demonstration prototypes are planned to be implemented for quality control and government of two distinct production lines.The main goals of the system will be the following ones :- Reduce level of incertainties due to visual inspection;- Increase yield;- Continuous and exaustive control of the overall quality level of the production;- An Automatic Management of the production process;- An immediate analysis of the effects due to of a poor production strategy or to defects on production process, allowing a quick feedback towards previous stages of the production chain. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwareengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors Programa(s) FP3-BRITE/EURAM 2 - Specific programme (EEC) of research and technological development in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1990-1994 Tema(s) 2.2.1 - Tools, techniques and systems for high quality manufacturing Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador Consorzio Ceo Centro di Eccellenza Optronica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Largo Enrico Fermi 6 50125 Firenze Italia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (7) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo BULL SA Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 68 ROUTE DE VERSAILLES 78430 LOUVECIENNES Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos COREN FRIGOLOURO España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección PUENTE DEL VALO 36400 PORRINO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Campden and Chorleywood Food Research Association (CCFRA) Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Station Road GL55 6LD Chipping Campden Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Officine Galileo SpA Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Via Albert Einstein 35 50013 Campi Bisenzio (FI) Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIV VIGO España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección CAMPUS UNIV.-LAGOAS-MARCOSENDE 36200 VIGO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 50125 FIRENZE Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos University of Strathclyde Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Royal College 204 George Street G1 1XW Glasgow Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos