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System for Checking Grape Quality Using Machine Vision
Summary
This project is an example of cooperative action to boost technological enhancements in the cultivation of grapes. As a result, an automated process of grapes evaluation has been introduced.
Background
This project is intended to automate the process of evaluating grapes received by the Vitivinícola do Ribeiro winery using machine vision techniques. There are problems with the existing grape evaluation process due to the subjectivity inherent in the visual evaluation process carried out by a person, which varies depending on the technique used at any given time, environmental conditions such as lighting and percentage estimates.
Objective
The primary objective of the project is to incorporate machine vision technology into sanitary quality control of grapes to automate and reduce subjectivity in the determination of sanitary quality of grapes, complementing it with basic analyses undertaken in real time. The final aim is to have a classification system that enables different grape qualities to be processed separately.
Main activities
1) Implementing a semiautomatic photograph system; 2) Generating a database of grape photographs; 3) Generating a database of evaluations by inspectors of the cooperative; 4) Generating a database of rapid metabolite analysis of the fungicidal action using FTIR; 4) Obtaining samples of grape must from the products photographed; 5) Designing and implementing image recognition algorithms to enable the classification and evaluation of different varieties of grape, correlated with product analyses.
Results & Benefits
As a consequence of the aforementioned results, the following positive effects are likely: 1) The quality of wines produced using grapes classified using this system will improve; 2) Levels of satisfaction among winegrowers will increase, as they will have an objective and fair valuation of their grape lots; 3) The machine vision system and related algorithms developed for this project will be sufficiently generic to enable them to be applied by any wine grower.
Lessons learnt
The scientific advances applied to the modernisation of farm production increases the added value of end products.
Project location and other information
Ribadavia/Ourense
Region
Galicia
RDP Territory
Galicia
Total project cost (€)
189 252
Contact name
Manuel Castro González
Telephone
0034 902 636 466
Languages for contact
Spanish
At a glance
Country
Spain
Final beneficiary type
Individual farmers, Producer groups
Budget range
€100 000 - €500 000
Start date:
30/05/2008
End Date:
30/11/2010
Theme / Measure:
Competitiveness of Agriculture & Forestry
Restructuring, developing physical potential, and promoting innovation
124: Cooperation for development of new products, processes and technologies
Keywords:
Added-value, Agri-food industry, Cooperation, Wine
Last update
01/07/2013