期刊
SENSORS AND ACTUATORS A-PHYSICAL
卷 201, 期 -, 页码 497-503出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2013.07.037
关键词
Firmness evaluation; Piezoelectric transducers; Acoustic waves; Linear regression; Statistical significance; t-Test
资金
- UNITEC S.p.A (Lugo, Italy)
This paper presents a statistical method for the calibration of an acoustic technique for the real-time evaluation of fruit firmness. The technique uses an experimental setup based on two standard piezoelectric transducers and exploits two novel stiffness indexes developed in the first part of this paper. Extensive experimental measurements show good correlation (r = 0.930, R-2 = 0.865) between the proposed non-destructive test and the traditional destructive Magness-Taylor test. An evaluation of the statistical significance (t-test) of the obtained regression model parameters has been performed and validates the method. The presented sorting analysis complements the physical detection techniques presented in the first part of the paper, allowing to classify individual kiwifruits with high accuracy and high prediction rate (similar to 90%). The technology is suitable for industrial real-time and in-line applications aiming to improve warehouse stock management and market stock uniformity. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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