Ripeness Detector for Vegetables and Fruits

The ripening and color transition of fruit and vegetables are closely related to each other. Changes in Chlorophyll, Carotenoids, flavonoids and other important pigments decide the color of fruit and vegetables. As fruit/vegetables ripe, over time, the number of these particular pigments changes, changing the color of the fruit or vegetables. Using this relationship based on color, and by using appropriate technology one can determine the ripeness(fully developed) of the fruit and vice versa for a particular fruit or vegetable. Ithas been shown that different color spaces produce different results with spectral analysis. Also, it is shown by researchers that L*A*B* colorspace is more effective than the others when it comes to working with spectral analysis of components. Using an artificial neural network, this research describes a system that uses the RGB color space to forecast the maturity stage of a fruit or vegetable.