Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 16, 2002
Date of Patent:
March 21, 2006
Assignees:
Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association
Abstract: A quality evaluation method and apparatus for non-bran rice evaluate quality or taste of non-bran rice by identifying proportions of a hull layer, an aleurone layer, an endosperm layer, which adhere to a surface of the non-bran rice according to luminance levels of self-emitted fluorescence obtained by irradiating the non-bran rice with excitation light.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 16, 2002
Publication date:
June 19, 2003
Applicants:
Satake Corporation, Japan Rice Millers Association