Sounds like a working solution to me - you could start with something like this weeding robot http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-13096/ , it has the camera and the labview-based tools already included... though actually i'd expect your President to be may just choose the low-tech method and raise the import taxes on saffron. Am 13.01.2017 um 23:26 schrieb Tim Eck: > It's like regular image analysis except instead of using brightness for the > basic contrast method, you can use the hue, saturation, and intensity > breakdown of the color image. In this system hue is the basic color, while > saturation is the amount the color is diluted, and intensity is whether it > is diluted by white- gray- black. Using this method, your robot would grab > anything blue - violet in hue, avoiding green, and the sorter would grab > anything orange-red. > > Tim > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: pbs [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of From HK >> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2017 4:31 PM >> To: Pacific Bulb Society >> Subject: Re: [pbs] Could Saffron Help Vermont Farmers? >> >> Hue base image processing? Wow. >> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ -- Martin ---------------------------------------------- Southern Germany Likely zone 7a