Recent Developments in the Applications of Computer Vision Technology for Food Quality

Dear Colleagues,

Food quality is mainly evaluated on the basis of internal nutrient value and appearance (external quality). External quality, including color, odor,disease, shape, etc., is very important because it is the first aspect sensed by consumers.

Computer vision is an interdisciplinary scientific field that deals with how computers can be made to gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. From the perspective of engineering, it seeks to automate tasks that the human visual system can do.

Computer vision system is useful for objective and rapid inspection of commodities. In this Special Issue, research on computer vision technology for evaluating external qualities of foods including beverages, agricultural products after harvest, and processed food is desirable to include. Contents on statistical and mathematical modeling, so-called artificial intelligence (AI), for constructing automation systems implementing digital camera are also welcome.  

Papers focusing exclusively on agricultural products before harvesting will not be covered by this issue.

Assoc. Prof. Yoshio Makino
Guest Editor

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