Authors : Pachuri Vishnu Vardhan; Kolluri Chaitanya Kumar; Sankar Surendar

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 4 - April

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Abstract : The fruit quality evaluation automated system is a combination of machine vision and artificial intelligence (AI) to overcome the deficiencies and inaccuracy of hand grading. With the help of the latest image processing technologies, the system will be able to calculate the quality of the fruits using the visual features including color, shape, size, and texture of the fruit. With this automation, the quality assessment speed, accuracy, and consistency are improved, and the human error is minimized, which positively affects the operation of agricultural sectors and food processing departments. The system works by taking quality images of the fruits and then classifying the fruit images into categories including, Good, Average and Defective. The system can be trained to recognize slight patterns in the images of fruits, and with the use of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), it can be trained to make credible classifications. This technology has a great potential in the automation of the fruit grading activities in supermarkets, export quality control, as well as smart agricultural technologies, which would help to foster sustainability, decrease food wastages, and increase global food security.

Keywords : Fruit Quality, Machine Vision, Automated System, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), Image Processing, Quality Classification, Food Industry, Agricultural Applications, Sustainability.

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