公开(公告)号：US20240215488A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-04

申请号：US18288780

申请日：2022-04-28

Applicant: TEVEL AEROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

Inventor： Adi TAFLIA ,  Yaniv MAOR ,  Nadav DAN-GUR

IPC: A01D46/30

CPC classification number: A01D46/30

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for on-site identification of damaged fruits and ripeness assessment, immediately after picking/harvesting, thereby enabling discarding damaged fruits on-site without delivering such damaged fruits to a warehouse, which also reduces harvesting time and improves harvesting efficiency. The method of the invention enables improved sorting compared to known robotic harvesters as it is based on a 360° inspection of the fruit and without having the leaves and branches interfere. The method of the invention further enables a preliminary sorting of the fruits according to determined fruits' grade based on identified blemishes in each fruit.