1. Rotary Tray for Machine Vision Inspection of Whole Eggplant Fruit Naoshi Kondo Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Science and Engineering Ehime University

2. Japanese eggplants (Baby eggplants)

3. Overview of an eggplant grading system (Total working area, including both 1 st and 2 nd floors, is 3978 m 2 )

4. Fruit Reception

5. Eggplant Grading System

6. Conveyors that connect fruit feeding to sorting 3.3m/s

7. Turning Over Rotary tray Moving Direction Capturing upper hemispheric image Capturing opposite hemispheric image

8. Mechanism of Rotary Tray

9. Rotary Tray Motion (1)(2)(3)(4) (5)(6)(7)(8)

10. Motion of rotary trays on a grading line

11. Eggplants packed in a 2 kg box (size L) Box labels showing

12. Current traceability system Traceability Data base Web. Server Grading data Fruit variety Chemicals Fertilizer Other operation Consumer Enquiries Comments Producer Grading Machine

13. Improvement for more precise traceability data Eggplants from farmer Reception and Data input Feeding by manual Grading Packing by manual

14. Conclusion Rotary tray made whole elongate fruit inspection possible. Rotary tray made whole elongate fruit inspection possible. Automation system enable more labor saving as well as provide a means of recording information on the quality of each fruit (fruit feeding and packing operations.) Automation system enable more labor saving as well as provide a means of recording information on the quality of each fruit (fruit feeding and packing operations.) Automation will improve the traceability of eggplants in the food distribution system, which is increasingly important in addressing the issues related to food quality and safety. Automation will improve the traceability of eggplants in the food distribution system, which is increasingly important in addressing the issues related to food quality and safety.