Monitoring Postharvest Color Changes and Damage Progression of Cucumbers Using Machine Vision

Sarker, Ayesha and Grift, Tony E. (2023) Monitoring Postharvest Color Changes and Damage Progression of Cucumbers Using Machine Vision. Journal of Food Research, 12 (2). pp. 37-50. ISSN 1927-0887

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Abstract

To monitor cucumbers' external quality, such as color changes or the presence of any damage during storage, a machine vision system was used. Red, Green, Blue (RGB) images were acquired in a "soft box," which provided a highly diffused lighting scene for observing visual changes such as color and appearance in the skin of cucumber. The RGB images were transformed into L*, a*,b*, and HSV spaces. Histograms for each channel in each color space were evaluated for image segmentation, and the blue (B) channel in the RGB color space was found superior in terms of measuring damage progression. Damage progression plots (DPP) were made from accumulated grayscale images in each of the color channels and to observe variation over time, absolute differential damage progression (ADDP) plots were generated. Overall, the order of channel utility was [B], [R, G, V], and [H, S, L*, a*, b*]. To assess which channel, in which colorspace, was most sensitive, i.e., could capture most of the information regarding day-to-day color changes, a principal component analysis (PCA) was performed. The PCA showed that all individual components in the RGB color space were suitable for obtaining information about the external changes of cucumber. Based on the results, the machine vision approach is recommended as a non-destructive technique for monitoring the external quality of stored fresh produce.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Science Repository > Agricultural and Food Science
Depositing User: Managing Editor
Date Deposited: 03 Jun 2023 04:04
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2023 12:29
URI: http://research.manuscritpub.com/id/eprint/2349

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