A food processing system and a method for processing and batching food items conveyed by a conveyor means where the batches fulfil at least one target criteria including at least one weight target, including a first weight determining means for determining the weight of incoming food items, a batching system, a food item separation device positioned downstream in relation to the first weight determining means and upstream in relation to the batching system, and a control system for controlling the batching system and the food item separation device. The controlling including, repeatedly: monitoring the weight of the incoming food items, determining, based on the weight of the incoming food items, a prospect indicator indicating the prospect to meet the target criteria for the batches such that each batch fulfils the at least one target criteria, and comparing if the prospect indicator fulfils a pre-defined criteria.

In some embodiments, systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful to determine a weight of products on a product support structure. More specifically, the product support structure can be provided on a suspension system having one or more springs that can be monitored for compression to thereby determine a weight of products on the product support structure. In several embodiments, non-visible electromagnetic (EM) waves, can be directed at the spring and reflections of the non-visible EM waves can be received and analyzed to determine a compression of the spring.

For patient weight estimation in a medical imaging system, a patient model, such as a mesh, is fit to a depth image. One or more feature values are extracted from the fit patient model, reducing the noise and clutter in the values. The weight estimation is regressed from the extracted features.

A radio frequency (RF) grain mass and constituent measurement system utilized onboard a combine harvester includes an RF sensor subsystem for capturing RF sensor readings of a harvested grain within an area of the combine harvester. A memory stores an RF characteristic database, which contains RF characteristic testing data collected for tested grain samples over one or more tested frequency ranges. A controller, operably coupled to the RF sensor subsystem and to the memory, is configured to: (i) receive the RF sensor readings from the RF sensor subsystem; (ii) determine grain mass and a first constituent content of the currently-harvested grain based, at least in part, on an analytical comparison between the RF sensor readings and the RF characteristic testing data; and (iii) perform at least one action in response to determining the grain mass and the first constituent content of the harvested grain.

A terahertz frequency-based sensing system for an agricultural harvester is provided. The system includes a terahertz sensor mounted to the agricultural harvester. The terahertz sensor at least one a terahertz source disposed to direct electromagnetic radiation toward a harvest material of the agricultural harvester. At least one terahertz detector is disposed to detect the terahertz electromagnetic radiation after the terahertz electromagnetic radiation interacts with the harvest material. A controller is operably coupled to the at least one terahertz detector and is configured to detect at least one harvest-related parameter based on a signal from the at least one terahertz detector and to perform an action based on the at least one detected parameter.

A measurement apparatus includes an x-ray sensor including an x-ray source having a high voltage power supply for emitting an x-ray spectrum and an x-ray detector for providing a measured x-ray signal value responsive to the x-rays received after transmission through a coated substrate including a sheet material having a coating material thereon. A second sensor is a beta gauge or infrared sensor for providing a second sensor signal that includes data for determining a total weight per unit area of the coated substrate or of the sheet material A computing device receives the measured x-ray signal value and the second sensor signal configured to implement an x-ray based calculation that utilizes absorption coefficients for the coating material and sheet material, the measured x-ray signal value, the x-ray spectrum, and the weight measure as a calculation constraint, for computing at least the weight per unit area of the coating material.

A method for preparing surrogate calibration standards for web gauging, is provided. The method includes providing linearizations for one or more radiometric gauges, each linearization associated with a radiometric gauge and relating the basis weight of real standards, comprising a lithium ion battery (LIB) electrode material, to transmission of the radiation through the LIB electrode material. The method also includes providing one or more surrogate standards comprising an inert material having an effective Z (Z.sub.surrogate) substantially the same as an effective Z (Z.sub.real) of the LIB material in the real standards. The method further includes assigning to each surrogate standard a surrogate basis weight based on a transmission of radiation through the surrogate standard and the linearizations

A fill level measurement device for determining a topology of a filling material surface is provided, including an antenna apparatus including an array of radiator elements and a rotatable mount configured to rotate the antenna apparatus about an axis that is in parallel with the array, such that a plurality of emission angles of the antenna apparatus are electronically and mechanically settable relative to the filling material surface without local overscanning occurring.

The subject disclosure relates to ways to determine the mass of a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle (AV), based on the vehicle pose. In some aspects, a method of the disclosed technology includes steps for measuring a first pose of a vehicle using one or more environmental sensors, measuring a second pose of the vehicle using the one or more environmental sensors, and calculating a mass of the vehicle based on the first pose and the second pose. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

An inspection device for inspecting containers (100) comprises a rotary conveyor (2), provided with a plurality of receiving cavities (5), and a measuring station (400) configured to inspect each container (100) while the container (100) is being supported and moved by the conveyor (2), wherein the conveyor (2) has continuous motion and the measuring station (400) comprises a microwave detector provided with a measuring zone (410) through which each container (100) passes in order to generate an information item relating to at least one of the following: weight of the container (100) as a whole or of the dose of product contained therein, type of product inside the container (100), presence of foreign bodies in the container (100).