Classification of Single Cereal Grain Kernel Using Shape Parameters Based on Machine Vision

Abstract

The study was conducted to identify three types of non-touching grain kernels using a colour machine vision system. Images of individual cereal grain kernels were acquired using an camera. Shape feature was extracted from binary and edge images of cereal grain kernels obtained by iamge processing for classification. A total of 13 shape feature parameters, including region area, perimeter, length, width, the maximum radius, the smallest radius etc, were extracted from each kernel to use as input to the Bayesian classifier. Experimental results showed that the Bayesian classifier gave better classification with a calssificaiton accuracy of 99.67% for indica type rice, followed by 98.67% and 78.33% for japonica rice and glutinous rice using training set, respectively. The classification system was developed with Bayesian classifier that achieved an overall recognition rate of 92.22% with training data set and furthermore, a classification accuracy of 90% for the testing data set.