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DE3619292A1 - Apparatus and method for detecting the fat (lard) thickness on livestock, in particular on slaughter animals - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for detecting the fat (lard) thickness on livestock, in particular on slaughter animals

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DE3619292A1
DE3619292A1 DE19863619292 DE3619292A DE3619292A1 DE 3619292 A1 DE3619292 A1 DE 3619292A1 DE 19863619292 DE19863619292 DE 19863619292 DE 3619292 A DE3619292 A DE 3619292A DE 3619292 A1 DE3619292 A1 DE 3619292A1
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Wolfgang Voss
Gerhard Smolarczyk
Udo Kloss
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A22—BUTCHERING; MEAT TREATMENT; PROCESSING POULTRY OR FISH
    • A22B—SLAUGHTERING
    • A22B5/00—Accessories for use during or after slaughtering
    • A22B5/0064—Accessories for use during or after slaughtering for classifying or grading carcasses; for measuring back fat
    • A22B5/007—Non-invasive scanning of carcasses, e.g. using image recognition, tomography, X-rays, ultrasound
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    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B8/00—Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves
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    • A61B8/0858—Detecting organic movements or changes, e.g. tumours, cysts, swellings involving measuring tissue layers, e.g. skin, interfaces
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    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
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Abstract

In assessing the slaughter readiness of an animal, or in assessing the slaughter value of a slaughtered animal carcass, it is necessary to measure the thickness of the layer of fat in relation to the proportion of meat. The invention describes an apparatus and a method in which ultrasonic pulses are transmitted and reflected from the different layers in the tissue. A special evaluation method is used to digitise the echoes and feed them to an evaluation computer which employs unique plausibilities to distinguish the useful echoes from other echoes and display them.

Description

Die Speckdicke an Schlachtvieh wird bisher mechanisch festgestellt. Das heißt, es wird ein Gewebeeinschnitt beziehungsweise Einstich gemacht.The bacon thickness on slaughter cattle has so far been mechanical detected. That means it will be a tissue incision or puncture.

Bei lebendem Vieh wird seit längerem experimentiert, ob mit Ultraschall-Echos die Speckdicke beziehungsweise der Fleischanteil zu ermitteln ist, um insbesondere die Schlachtreife überprüfen zu können.With live cattle, it has long been experimented whether with ultrasound echoes the bacon thickness or the Meat content is to be determined, in particular the To be able to check slaughter maturity.

Für beide Fälle werden Methoden gesucht, die diese Messung sehr zuverlässig machen, automatisch durchzu­ führen sind und Nutz-Echos von anderen Echos zu unterscheiden in der Lage sind.In both cases, methods are sought that do this Make measurement very reliable, automatic are lead and useful echoes from other echoes are able to distinguish.

Dazu muß gesagt werden, daß neben den eindeutigen Echos, die von abgegrenzten Schichten (Übergangsspeck-Fleisch) ausgehen, auch Echos zurückgeschickt werden, die ihren Ursprung in Fasern und beispielsweise Blutgefäßen haben.It must be said that in addition to the clear echoes, that of delimited layers (transitional bacon meat) go out, echoes are also sent back to their Origin in fibers and, for example, blood vessels to have.

Bei der Auswertung von Echos auf einer Oszillografen­ röhre, ist es bereits jetzt möglich und Stand der Technik, die gewünschten Echos von unerwünschten Nebenzielen zu unterscheiden.When evaluating echoes on an oscillograph tube, it is already possible and state of the art, the desired echoes from unwanted secondary targets too differentiate.

Ein erfahrener Beobachter ist in der Lage, rein visuell und gewissermaßen intuitiv die richtige Auswertung vor­ zunehmen. Automatisieren läßt sich das Verfahren allerdings nicht. Nach der Erfindung jedoch ist ein automatisches Messen möglich.An experienced observer is able to do so purely visually and to a certain extent intuitively present the correct evaluation increase. However, the process can be automated Not. According to the invention, however, is an automatic one Measure possible.

Dabei macht sich die Erfindung die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Anordnung zu Nutze. Sie stellt die derzeit bevorzugte Lösung dar. The invention makes use of the arrangement shown in FIG. 1. It is currently the preferred solution.

Allerdings sind im Detail andere Lösungen denkbar. Der Schallwandler (1) empfängt die Echosignale. Sie werden in einem Vorverstärker (2) verstärkt. Da die Schalldämpfung im Gewebe sehr starke Schwankungen unterworfen ist, wird das Signal auf einen einstell­ baren Verstärker gegeben.However, other solutions are conceivable in detail. The sound transducer ( 1 ) receives the echo signals. They are amplified in a preamplifier ( 2 ). Since the sound attenuation in the fabric is subject to very strong fluctuations, the signal is sent to an adjustable amplifier.

Die Steuerspannung wird in einem Mikrocomputer (8) erzeugt. Ein Komparator (4) wandelt Echos in ein digitales Signal um, die größer als ein eingestellter Schwellwert sind und liest diese in einen Speicher ein (6) weil die Adressen des Speichers in Abhängigkeit von einem Takt (7) besetzt werden.The control voltage is generated in a microcomputer ( 8 ). A comparator ( 4 ) converts echoes into a digital signal that are greater than a set threshold value and reads them into a memory ( 6 ) because the addresses of the memory are occupied as a function of a clock ( 7 ).

Parallel wird die diesbezügliche Amplitude des analogen Signals in einem Analogdigitalwandler (5) festgestellt und ebenfalls im Speicher abgelegt.At the same time, the relevant amplitude of the analog signal is determined in an analog-digital converter ( 5 ) and also stored in the memory.

Nach erfolgter Messung liest ein Mikrocomputer beide Datenbereiche aus. Je nach Signal-Amplitude erhöht der Mikrocomputer die Verstärkung des Verstärkers (3) oder verringert diese. Da mit einer Abtastrate bis zu 1000 Hz gearbeitet wird, ist es zulässig, die optimale Verstärkung erst nach einer Vielzahl von Messungen ge­ funden zu haben.After the measurement, a microcomputer reads out both data areas. Depending on the signal amplitude, the microcomputer increases or decreases the gain of the amplifier ( 3 ). Since a sampling rate of up to 1000 Hz is used, it is permissible to have found the optimum gain only after a large number of measurements.

Das Problem ist, von den beiden Nutz-Echos (Fig. 2: 13, 14), nämlich der Übergangsspeck Fleisch und das Ende des Fleischbereiches andere Nebenechos zu unterscheiden. Obwohl in der Regel diese beiden Hauptechos die stärkste Amplitude aufweisen, ist das durchaus nicht die allge­ meine Regel. Je nach Stellung des Meßkopfes ist es denkbar, daß auch andere Objekte im Material (z. B. Sehnen, Blutgefäße) für einen sehr intensiven Impuls sorgen. The problem is to distinguish from the two useful echoes ( Fig. 2: 13, 14 ), namely the transition bacon meat and the end of the meat area other secondary echoes. Although these two main echoes usually have the greatest amplitude, this is by no means the general rule. Depending on the position of the measuring head, it is conceivable that other objects in the material (e.g. tendons, blood vessels) also provide a very intense impulse.

Die Erfindung macht sich die Tatsache zunutze, daß die unterschiedlichen Echotypen nicht nur unterschiedliche Amplituden aufweisen, sondern auch unterschiedliche Impulsbreiten haben. Diese Tatsache ist darauf zurück­ zuführen, daß flächige Ziele, wie beispielsweise der Übergang Fleisch-Speck im Übergangsbereich räumlich nicht ganz eindeutig getrennt sind, insofern nicht ein einziges ganz eindeutiges Echo zurückwerfen, sondern im Abstand versetzt eine Vielzahl einzelner Echos, die jedoch bei der Auswertung nach dem Ausweite­ empfänger aussehen wie ein Echo.The invention takes advantage of the fact that the different echotypes not just different ones Show amplitudes, but also different Have pulse widths. This fact is due to that cause flat targets, such as the Spatial transition from meat to bacon in the transition area are not quite clearly separated, insofar not throw back one very clear echo, but spaced a large number of individual Echoes, however, when evaluating after expanding receiver look like an echo.

Eingelagerte Schichten oder eingelagerte Blutgefäße dagegen geben ein Echo zurück, das zeitlich relativ eingegrenzt ist.Embedded layers or blood vessels against it return an echo that is relative in time is narrowed down.

Nach der Lehre der Erfindung werden diejenigen Echos, die vom Komparator (4) als über dem Schwellwert liegend erkannt worden sind, gleichzeitig auf die Amplitude untersucht.According to the teaching of the invention, those echoes which have been recognized by the comparator ( 4 ) as being above the threshold value are simultaneously examined for their amplitude.

Weiterhin wird vom Mikrocomputer untersucht, wie breit (in Mikro-Sekunden) das Echo war. Diese Breite wird jetzt mit der Echoamplitude korreliert.The microcomputer also examines how wide (in micro seconds) the echo was. That latitude is now correlated with the echo amplitude.

Mit Hilfe dieser Methode ist der Mikrocomputer in der Lage am Datenausgang (9) die Dicke sowohl der Speck­ schicht als auch der Fleischschicht anzugeben. Sofern unter besonderen Umständen, die sehr selten sind, eine eindeutige Zuordnung nicht getroffen werden kann, gibt der Rechner eine entsprechende Meldung weiter.With the help of this method, the microcomputer is able to indicate the thickness of both the bacon layer and the meat layer at the data output ( 9 ). If, under special circumstances, which are very rare, an unambiguous assignment cannot be made, the computer passes on a corresponding message.

Zusammengefaßt macht sich die Erfindung zunutze, daß In summary, the invention takes advantage of the fact that  

  • 1. die Amplitude der Echos bewertet wird, daß1. the amplitude of the echoes is assessed that
  • 2. die Breite der Echoimpulse bewertet wird um aus diesen beiden Daten die Nutzechos von den Falsch­ echos zu unterscheiden.2. The width of the echo pulses is evaluated by these two dates the useful echoes from the false distinguish echoes.

Die in der vorgestellten bevorzugten Ausführung genutzte Schaltungsanordnung ist beispielhaft und der erfindungs­ gemäßen Gedanke ist selbstverständlich nicht auf diese Ausführungsform beschränkt, sondern in vielfältiger Weise darstellbar.The one used in the preferred embodiment presented Circuit arrangement is exemplary and the fiction according to the thought is of course not on this Embodiment limited, but in many ways Representable in a way.

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1. Apparat und Verfahren zum Zwecke der störungsfreien Messung von Speckdicke bzw. Fleischdicke bei Vieh bzw. bei Schlachtvieh mit Hilfe der Ultraschall- Echo-Impuls-Laufzeitmethode, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Ultraschallsignale gleichzeitig in Amplitude und Breite vermessen werden.1. Apparatus and method for the interference-free measurement of bacon or meat thickness in cattle or slaughter cattle using the ultrasonic echo pulse transit time method, characterized in that the ultrasonic signals are measured simultaneously in amplitude and width. 2. Apparat und Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch ge­ kennzeichnet, daß der Ultraschallverstärker sich selbsttätig auf einen Wert einstellt, bei dem die natürliche Dämpfung des biologischen Materials in optimaler Weise ausgeglichen wird, indem die Nutz- Echos auf eine vorgegebene Spitzenamplitude ge­ fahren werden.2. Apparatus and method according to claim 1, characterized ge indicates that the ultrasonic amplifier itself automatically sets to a value at which the natural damping of the biological material in is optimally balanced by the useful Echoes to a given peak amplitude will drive. 3. Apparat und Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Echosignale, die einen einstellbaren Schwellwert überschreiten, in einem Komparator digitalisiert werden und in einem Halbleiterspeicher abgelegt werden, der zyklisch von einem Mikrocomputer ausgelesen wird, wobei die Verteilung der ermittelten Impulse über die Zeitachse von einem Taktgenerator erzeugt wird, wobei zeitgleich die Amplitude des jeweiligen Signals in einem schnellen Analogdigitalwandler ver­ messen wird und ebenfalls im Speicher abgelegt wird, wobei der nachgeschaltete Rechner so ausgeformt ist, daß dem jeweiligen Digitalwert die jeweilige, digitalisierte Information über die Amplitude des Signals zugeordnet wird. 3. Apparatus and method according to claim 1 and 2, characterized in that the echo signals, the exceed an adjustable threshold, digitized in a comparator and in be stored in a semiconductor memory that is read out cyclically by a microcomputer, with the distribution of the determined impulses over the time axis is generated by a clock generator, where the amplitude of the respective Signals in a fast analog to digital converter will measure and also be stored in memory, whereby the downstream computer is shaped that the respective digital value digitized information about the amplitude of the Signal is assigned.   4. Apparat und Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, 2 und 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß alternierend zwei oder mehrere Ultraschallköpfe in der beschriebenen Art abgefragt und bewertet können.4. Apparatus and method according to claim 1, 2 and 3, characterized in that alternating two or several ultrasound heads in the manner described can be queried and evaluated. 5. Apparat und Verfahren nach Anspruch 1 bis 4, da­ durch gekennzeichnet, daß die vorbezeichneten Wandler nicht genau parallel zueinander ausgerichtet sind, sondern leicht konvex oder leicht konkav angeordnet sind.5. Apparatus and method according to claim 1 to 4, there characterized in that the aforementioned transducers are not exactly parallel to each other, but slightly convex or slightly concave are arranged.
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