JPH0184787U - - Google Patents

Description

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a seed sorting device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing the arrangement of a television camera and a seed detection sensor in this device with respect to a rotary table, and FIGS. b is a diagram showing a seed image captured by a television camera and its binary image converted in an image processing device; FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart showing the flow of seeds in this device; FIGS. 5 and 6. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of seeds that can be identified as defective, FIG. 7 is an external view of a more specific system of this seed sorting device, FIG. 8 is a detailed diagram of the mechanical system that separates seeds one by one, and FIG. 9 10 is a schematic side view of this mechanical system, and FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the shape of a pocket formed on the outer periphery of the rotary table in this seed sorting device. 1...Hotupa, 2...Seed, 3...Parts feeder,
4a...Lower rotary table, 4b...Upper rotary table,
4b ₁ ... pocket, 5... seed detection sensor, 6... television camera, 8... image processing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] a first rotary table that rotates and receives seeds continuously flowing out from the parts feeder;
A second rotary table is arranged with its center of rotation eccentric to the rotary table and separates and aligns the seeds on the first rotary table one by one at its outer peripheral edge, and the seeds are separated and aligned and sequentially transported. A seed sorting device comprising: an imaging means for capturing an image of seeds at a position out of the image of the second rotary table.