METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SETTING THE SIZE OF A IMAGE PROCESSOR WINDOW IN A SLICING MACHINE

摘要

A slicing machine for cutting slices from a food product is described. The machine includes a camera which views a cut face of the product and a visual display device (VDU) on which an image of the cut face is displayed to an operator. A computerised control system including an image processor defines a window (8, 9, 10, 11) or windows (17, 18) to be superimposed on the image on the VDU, a set size and position of the window or windows being input to the image processor to enable the processor to process image signals within the window or windows. A manually operable control device such as a computer mouse controlled by the operator is used at least partially to set the size and position of the window or windows.