State of the Art
Literature Review
Literature Review
Since meat is closely related to people’s daily diet, much research has been done on meat quality assessment. The evaluated characteristics include color, texture, pH, tenderness, etc. The implementation of computer vision techniques in the food industry can be dated back to the 1990s. The followings are related researches we found.
The lighting condition is too ideal.
The lighting condition is too ideal.
However, most of the researches mentioned above are from the perspective of meat manufacturers. Most studies use pictures of beef taken on the production line or taken in a standard environment, eliminating the influence of different lighting conditions. We plan to acquire steak pictures from online sources for our project, which look more similar to what we see in grocery stores.