This paper presents a freshness classification model for determining the quality of amla
(Phyllanthus emblica) using features extracted from the progressively deteriorating shapes …

Date palm cultivation is considered one of the most important levers in the economy of many
countries, especially in North Africa and the Middle East. This tree and the fruits it produces …

The total soluble solid (TSS) content is one of the important quality attributes that determines
the commercial value of dates. At present, TSS content in dates is measured using …

Highlights Classification of date fruit hardness levels from images. Combination of deep
networks and an expert system to yield better accuracies. Abstract. Machine learning …

Surface crack is a type of defect which depreciates dates quality. An automated system to
detect and sort cracked dates is needed in the factories in order to ensure quality. The …

Date fruit industry is considered among the important sectors in Saudi Arabia due to what
this particular fruit represents to Saudi citizens in terms of cultural heritage significance …

Computer vision technique is becoming popular for quality assessment of many products in
food industries. Image enhancement is the first step in analyzing the images in order to …

Hardness is important for ascertaining the quality of dried fruits such as dates. In the dates
sorting facilities, hardness is determined by human visual inspection resulting in the high …

The present manual sorting technique is not effective to detect fungal infection in dates;
especially at the early stage. The potential of near infrared (NIR) area scan imaging (900 …

Computer vision (CV) is a technique in which the image of an object is obtained through any
imaging system and the image is analyzed to characterize the quality of the object …