• P. V. Gharat
• D. K. Shinde
• D. N. Raut

One of the major problem faced by the rice millers and farmers is breakage of rice during milling processes like whitening, polishing etc. For reducing the breakage of different rice varieties while milling processes, it is important to know the initial quality of rice grains. Rice quality is in terms of internal fissures present in rice kernels. In this study, an innovative technique is found out for detection and imaging of fissures present in brown rice kernel with the use of digital single lens reflex DSLR camera. The DSLR Nikon D5200 camera with secondary close-up numex close-up lenses was used for capturing images of fissures of rice kernels. The captured images were edited in open source image processing application Lightroom CC application for better clarity of fissure. Four different arrangements were used for detection and capturing of fissures, out of which two arrangements were giving best results. With the help of those two arrangements model of fissure detection box is developed. The fissure detection box was designed in a such a way that it can be easily used by millers for detection of fissures in brown rice after de-husking which can help to adjust milling pressure so that optimum milling with a reduction in breakage of rice can be possible.

Kernels, Milling, Fissures detection, Image Processing, Fissures detection box.

"Design and development of fissure detection and imaging techniques for brown rice kernels to improve quality of rice miller ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no.40-45, February-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06009.pdf

"Design and development of fissure detection and imaging techniques for brown rice kernels to improve quality of rice miller ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 2, page no. pp40-45, February-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAB06009.pdf