CN211509130U

CN211509130U - Image acquisition device, equipment and system

Info

Publication number: CN211509130U
Application number: CN201921681582.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈浩能
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2019-10-09
Filing date: 2019-10-09
Publication date: 2020-09-15
Anticipated expiration: 2029-10-09

Abstract

The embodiment of the application provides an image acquisition device, equipment and a system, wherein the image acquisition device comprises a transmission belt, a camera and a processor, the camera is coupled with the processor, the transmission belt is used for transmitting a tray, and the tray is used for placing fruits; the camera is used for acquiring a target image when the conveyor belt transmits the tray, and the target image comprises an image of the tray; and the processor is used for controlling the camera to acquire the target image when the conveyor belt is determined to convey the tray. Efficiency when the image that can promote fruit is acquireed.

Description

Image acquisition device, equipment and system

Technical Field

The present application relates to the field of image processing technologies, and in particular, to an image acquisition apparatus, device, and system.

Background

Along with the improvement of the living standard of people, the attention of people to the eating quality of foods such as fruits and the like is also improved. Currently, when the quality, such as freshness, of fruit is determined, it is usually determined manually, or an image of the fruit is obtained through a camera and analyzed to obtain the freshness of the fruit, but in the existing scheme, when the image of the fruit is obtained, a camera on an electronic device (such as a mobile phone, a scanning instrument, etc.) is usually used to obtain the image of the fruit, which results in low efficiency in obtaining a large number of images of the fruit.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides an image acquisition device, equipment and system, efficiency when can promote the image acquisition of fruit.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image capturing apparatus, which includes a conveyor belt, a camera and a processor, where the camera and the processor are coupled, and in which,

the conveying belt is used for conveying trays, and the trays are used for placing fruits;

the camera is used for acquiring a target image when the conveyor belt transmits the tray, and the target image comprises an image of the tray;

and the processor is used for controlling the camera to acquire the target image when the conveyor belt is determined to convey the tray.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the conveyor belt includes a fixing device for fixing the tray.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the position of the camera is a fixed position.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the image capturing apparatus further includes: the camera transmission device is used for transmitting the camera so as to enable the camera to acquire the target image.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the image capturing device further includes an LED lamp, and the LED lamp is used to adjust the brightness of the ambient light when the camera captures the target image.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the image capturing apparatus further includes a transceiver module, which is configured to receive the freshness parameter of the fruit.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible embodiment of the first aspect, the transceiver module is configured to receive the freshness parameter of the fruit from the internet.

In a possible embodiment of the first aspect in combination with the first aspect, the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning mark or a freshness identification means, wherein,

the color reference area is used for correcting the target image to obtain a corrected target image;

the positioning mark is used for indicating the area of the fruit in the target image;

the freshness identification device is used for indicating the freshness of the fruit.

In a second aspect, embodiments of the present application provide an image capturing apparatus, which includes a housing and some or all of the image capturing devices as in the first aspect.

In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides an image acquisition method, which is applied to an image acquisition apparatus, where the image acquisition apparatus includes a transmission belt, a camera and a processor, and the camera and the processor are coupled, and the method includes:

the conveying belt is used for conveying the tray, and the tray is used for placing fruits;

the camera acquires a target image when the conveyor belt transmits the tray, wherein the target image comprises an image of the tray;

and the processor controls the camera to acquire the target image when determining that the conveying belt conveys the tray.

A fourth aspect of the embodiments of the present application provides a terminal, including a processor, an input device, an output device, and a memory, where the processor, the input device, the output device, and the memory are connected to each other, where the memory is used to store a computer program, and the computer program includes program instructions, and the processor is configured to call the program instructions to execute the step instructions according to the third aspect of the embodiments of the present application.

A fifth aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, wherein the computer program causes a computer to perform some or all of the steps as described in the third aspect of embodiments of the present application.

A sixth aspect of embodiments of the present application provides a computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program operable to cause a computer to perform some or all of the steps as described in the third aspect of embodiments of the present application. The computer program product may be a software installation package.

A seventh aspect of embodiments of the present application provides an image acquisition system including a server and an image acquisition apparatus according to the second aspect of embodiments of the present application.

The embodiment of the application has at least the following beneficial effects:

the image acquisition device in the embodiment of the application comprises a transmission belt, a camera and a processor, wherein the camera is coupled with the processor, wherein, the transmission belt is used for transmitting a tray, the tray is used for placing fruits, the camera is arranged on the tray, a processor for acquiring a target image including an image of the tray while the tray is being transported by the transport belt, the device is used for controlling the camera to acquire the target image when the conveyor belt is determined to convey the tray, therefore, compared with the prior proposal that the electronic device is adopted to obtain the target image, the tray can be conveyed by the conveyor belt, and acquires an image including the tray while conveying the tray, can convey the fruit by the conveyor belt, therefore, under the condition that the quantity of fruits is large, the fruit image can be rapidly acquired, and the efficiency of the fruit image acquisition is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another image capturing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a tray according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another image capturing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present application.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of the present application and in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order. Furthermore, the terms "include" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Reference in the specification to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the specification. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an image capturing device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1, the image capturing device includes a transmission belt 101, a camera 102 and a processor 103, the camera 102 is coupled to the processor 103, wherein,

the conveying belt 101 is used for conveying trays, the trays are used for placing fruits 104, and the trays 104 are used for placing the fruits;

the camera 102 is configured to acquire a target image when the conveyor belt 101 conveys the tray 104, where the target image includes an image of the tray;

and the processor 103 is used for controlling the camera 102 to acquire the target image when the conveyor belt is determined to convey the tray 104.

Optionally, the conveyor belt 101 includes a fixing device for fixing the tray 104, and the fixing device has a movable buckle for fixing the tray.

In one possible embodiment, the position of the camera 102 is a fixed position, which may be understood as a position of the camera that is relatively stationary with respect to the processor 103 and the conveyor belt 101.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the image capturing device further comprises a camera driving device 105 for driving the camera 105 to capture the target image. The camera can be moved left and right by the camera driving device 105, the camera driving device is connected with the conveyor belt 101 through a fixing rod 108, and the fixing rod 108 is used for supporting the driving device 105.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the image capturing device further includes an LED lamp 106, and the LED lamp 106 is used for adjusting the brightness of the ambient light when the camera captures the target image. The LED lamp is controlled by the processor, and when the camera acquires a target image, the LED lamp can emit light rays with different intensities according to a control instruction sent by the processor so as to adjust the ambient light brightness when the camera shoots the target image. The LED lamp may also be other light emitting devices, and the light emitting devices may also emit light rays with different frequencies, so that the camera 102 acquires images under the light rays with different frequencies. And the processor performs image synthesis according to the images under the light rays with different frequencies to obtain a target image. Because under the light of different frequencies, the image that the camera was shot is also different, and the reflection of different colours to light can be different with the absorption simultaneously, through synthesizing the image under the light of different frequencies, obtains the target figure, accuracy when can promoting the target image and acquire.

The light that the LED lamp sent can be multiple different light, for example, red, yellow, blue etc. consequently, the camera when obtaining the image, can acquire the image in the different light fields according to different light to image processing is carried out to this, accuracy when can promote image processing.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the image capturing apparatus further comprises a transceiver module 107, and the transceiver module 107 is used for receiving the freshness parameter of the fruit. The freshness parameter of the fruit can characterize the freshness of the fruit, the higher the value of the freshness parameter of the fruit, the fresher the fruit, the lower the value of the freshness parameter of the fruit, and the fresher the fruit. The transceiver module 107 can receive the freshness parameter from the internet, the electronic device, the freshness parameter for input, and the like.

In one possible embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, fig. 5 provides a schematic structural diagram of a tray according to an embodiment of the present application. As shown in fig. 5, the tray 500 includes a color reference area 501, a positioning indicator 502, and a freshness identification device 503, wherein,

the color reference area 501 is configured to correct the target image to obtain a corrected target image;

the positioning mark 502 is used for indicating the area of the fruit in the target image;

the freshness identification means 503 is used for indicating the freshness of the fruit.

Optionally, one possible method for correcting the target image to obtain a corrected target image may be:

a1, extracting the characteristics of the color reference area to obtain characteristic data;

and A2, correcting the target image according to the characteristic data to obtain a corrected target image.

The characteristic parameters include color difference, brightness, resolution, RGB value of each pixel point, and the like.

Optionally, the offset of the characteristic parameter of the reference color region is determined by comparing the characteristic parameter of the color reference region with a preset characteristic parameter, and specifically, the offset may be: and taking the difference between the characteristic parameter and a preset characteristic parameter as the characteristic information offset. It is understood that the value of the characteristic parameter is higher than the value of the preset characteristic parameter when the offset is positive, and the value of the characteristic parameter is lower than the value of the preset characteristic parameter when the offset is negative.

Optionally, the feature parameter of the target image is added with the feature information offset to obtain the corrected target feature information of the target image, and the feature information of the target image is adjusted to the target feature information to obtain the corrected target image block.

Optionally, after the corrected target image is determined, the color data of the fruit can be determined according to the corrected target image, and the actual freshness of the fruit can be determined according to the indicated freshness of the freshness identification area of the fruit. The new freshness identification district is a sign area in the tray, is provided with the new freshness recognition device of fruit in this area, and specific new freshness recognition device can be for the test paper that discolours, and this test paper has different colours when fruit is in different new freshness. Of course, other freshness identification devices are also possible, and this is merely an example and is not a limitation. The method for determining the color data of the fruit according to the corrected target image comprises the following steps: determining the area of the fruit according to the positioning mark 502; an image block of fruit in an area of the fruit is obtained, from which image block color data of the fruit is determined, which may be, for example, RGB values. The method for determining the color data of the fruit according to the image block can adopt a feature extraction algorithm, and the feature extraction algorithm can be a conventional feature extraction algorithm.

Wherein, in the method for determining the true freshness of the fruit according to the color data of the fruit and the indicated freshness, the method may comprise: and determining a first freshness according to a mapping relation between preset color data and the fruit freshness, and taking the average value of the first freshness and the indicated freshness as the real freshness of the fruit. The mapping relationship between the preset color data and the freshness of the fruit is set by empirical values or historical data, for example, the fruit in the same category, different colors have different freshness, for example, strawberry, the brighter the red is, the fresher the red is, the dimmer the red is, the fresher the red is, etc.

In one possible embodiment, the present application provides a schematic structural view of another image capture device. As shown in fig. 6, the functions of the conveyor belt 601, the camera 602, and the tray 603 are referred to the functions in the foregoing embodiments, and are not described herein again.

The embodiment of the application also provides image acquisition equipment, and the image acquisition equipment comprises a shell and the image acquisition device provided by any one of the embodiments.

The embodiment of the application further provides an image acquisition method, which is applied to an image acquisition device, wherein the image acquisition device comprises a transmission belt, a camera and a processor, the camera is coupled with the processor, and the method comprises the following steps:

Optionally, the conveyor belt comprises a fixing device for fixing the tray.

Optionally, the position of the camera is a fixed position.

Optionally, the image acquiring apparatus further includes: the camera transmission device transmits the camera to enable the camera to acquire the target image.

Optionally, the image obtaining device further includes an LED lamp, and the LED lamp adjusts the ambient light brightness when the camera obtains the target image.

Optionally, the image capturing device further comprises a transceiver module, and the transceiver module receives the freshness parameter of the fruit.

Optionally, the transceiver module receives the freshness parameter of the fruit from the internet.

Optionally, the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning mark or a freshness identification means, wherein,

the positioning mark indicates the area of the fruit in the target image;

the freshness identification device indicates the freshness of the fruit.

In accordance with the foregoing embodiments, please refer to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present application, and as shown in the drawing, the terminal includes a processor, an input device, an output device, and a memory, where the processor, the input device, the output device, and the memory are connected to each other, where the memory is used to store a computer program, the computer program includes program instructions, the processor is configured to call the program instructions, and the program includes instructions for performing the following steps;

The embodiment of the application also provides an image acquisition system, which comprises a server and the image acquisition equipment in the embodiment.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer storage medium, wherein the computer storage medium stores a computer program for electronic data exchange, and the computer program enables a computer to execute part or all of the steps of any one of the image acquisition methods as described in the above method embodiments.

Embodiments of the present application also provide a computer program product, which includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, and the computer program causes a computer to execute part or all of the steps of any one of the image acquisition methods as described in the above method embodiments.

It should be noted that, for simplicity of description, the above-mentioned method embodiments are described as a series of acts or combination of acts, but those skilled in the art will recognize that the present application is not limited by the order of acts described, as some steps may occur in other orders or concurrently depending on the application. Further, those skilled in the art should also appreciate that the embodiments described in the specification are preferred embodiments and that the acts and modules referred to are not necessarily required in this application.

In the foregoing embodiments, the descriptions of the respective embodiments have respective emphasis, and for parts that are not described in detail in a certain embodiment, reference may be made to related descriptions of other embodiments.

In the embodiments provided in the present application, it should be understood that the disclosed apparatus may be implemented in other manners. For example, the above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, and for example, the division of the units is only one type of division of logical functions, and there may be other divisions when actually implementing, for example, a plurality of units or components may be combined or may be integrated into another system, or some features may be omitted, or not implemented. In addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be an indirect coupling or communication connection of some interfaces, devices or units, and may be an electric or other form.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the embodiment.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit. The integrated unit may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of a software program module.

The integrated units, if implemented in the form of software program modules and sold or used as stand-alone products, may be stored in a computer readable memory. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present application may be substantially implemented or a part of or all or part of the technical solution contributing to the prior art may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a memory, and including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to execute all or part of the steps of the method described in the embodiments of the present application. And the aforementioned memory comprises: various media capable of storing program codes, such as a usb disk, a read-only memory (ROM), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic or optical disk, and the like.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that all or part of the steps in the methods of the above embodiments may be implemented by associated hardware instructed by a program, which may be stored in a computer-readable memory, which may include: flash memory disks, read-only memory, random access memory, magnetic or optical disks, and the like.

The foregoing detailed description of the embodiments of the present application has been presented to illustrate the principles and implementations of the present application, and the above description of the embodiments is only provided to help understand the method and the core concept of the present application; meanwhile, for a person skilled in the art, according to the idea of the present application, there may be variations in the specific embodiments and the application scope, and in summary, the content of the present specification should not be construed as a limitation to the present application.

Claims

1. An image capturing device, comprising a conveyor belt, a camera and a processor, wherein the camera and the processor are coupled, and wherein,

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the conveyor includes a fixture for holding the tray.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the position of the camera is a fixed position.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the image acquisition apparatus further comprises: the camera transmission device is used for transmitting the camera so as to enable the camera to acquire the target image.

5. The device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the image capturing device further comprises an LED lamp for adjusting the ambient light level when the camera captures the target image.

6. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the image capturing device further comprises an LED light for adjusting the ambient light level when the camera captures the target image.

7. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the image capturing device further comprises an LED light for adjusting the ambient light level when the camera captures the target image.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the image capture device further comprises a transceiver module for receiving a freshness parameter of the fruit.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the image capturing device further comprises a transceiver module for receiving a freshness parameter of the fruit.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the transceiver module is configured to receive the freshness parameter of the fruit from the internet.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the transceiver module is configured to receive the freshness parameter of the fruit from the internet.

12. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning indicator, or a freshness identification device, wherein,

13. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning indicator, or a freshness identification device, wherein,

14. The apparatus of claim 6 or 7, wherein the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning mark, or a freshness identification device, wherein,

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning indicator, or a freshness identification device, wherein,

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the tray comprises a color reference area, a positioning indicator, or a freshness identification device, wherein,

17. An image acquisition apparatus characterized by comprising a housing and the image acquisition device according to any one of claims 1 to 16.

18. An image acquisition system, characterized in that it comprises a server and an image acquisition device according to claim 17.