Hyperspectral imaging system for monitoring agricultural products during processing and manufacturing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9870505
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14443986

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Provided is a method for monitoring a manufacturing process of an agricultural product. The method utilizes hyperspectral imaging and comprises scanning at least one region along a sample of agricultural product using at least one light source of a single or different wavelengths; generating hyperspectral images from the at least one region; determining a spectral fingerprint for the sample of agricultural product from the hyperspectral images; and comparing the spectral fingerprint so obtained to a spectral fingerprint database containing a plurality of fingerprints obtained at various points of the manufacturing process, using a computer processor, to determine which point in the manufacturing process the sample has progressed to.

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ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES INC6601 WEST BROAD STREET RICHMOND VA 23230

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Dante, Henry M Midlothian, US 32 439
Deevi, Seetharama C Midlothian, US 73 7859
Henry, Samuel Timothy Midlothian, US 14 113

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