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Figure 1 Sorting duck breasts by weight to sort different parts according to their weight ranges

Improving Conventional Operations Through the and provided additional information regarding the
Enhancement of an AI System number of chicken eggs connected to various devices
Upgrading the weighing process by adding an automated work in real time.
process with the AI Vision system powered by an intelligent In Thailand, various organizations develop systems
algorithm integrates the weighing process with image recognition and experiment with automation systems to create
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and image capture. The system can be directly connected to the more accessible systems that can be applied throughout
production and enterprise resource planning systems (ERP) to the supply chain, such as carton box counting during
provide twice the efficiency in gaining complete visibility and quality delivery to a warehouse, loading onto a truck, or
visual verification of the entire process. In addition to weighing, sorting boxes containing incorrect amounts of product.
the integrated system can also detect differences in shapes, sizes, These solutions provide modern operational options
and colors. Moreover, sorting items on the conveyor through the that can assist the food and beverage industry in moving
adoption of AI Vision can also reduce the sorting distance, thus towards better product quality and increase the
saving space and reducing maintenance problems. productivity and profitability of the business.
Entrepreneurs who apply automation and AI must
Automated Item-Counting System evaluate their suitability for their production processes.
Traditional food item counting that utilizes sensors often The quicker the entrepreneurs adapt, the more efficient
encounters restrictions for efficient and accurate counting. As in their business competitiveness becomes, especially in
the case of wrapped and stuffed gyoza, the items were traditionally situations characterized by high volatility, whereby
counted by the photoelectric sensor or proximity sensor system. these systems can help their business survive and
Errors often occur when the pieces are stuck together or not grow sustainably.
arranged in a neat row. To solve this issue, an automated counting
technology that utilizes an integrated camera and AI system was
introduced to capture a broader view, thus enabling an accurate
count of all forms of gyoza, even when they are stuck together
or arranged disorderly. This makes counting much more efficient More Information Service Info C022
and precise without having a more conventional counting machine.
The development of an innovative “automated AI CCTV-
assisted egg-counting machine” by the Faculty of Engineering,
Thammasat University, is another good example of using the ข้้อมููลเพิ่่�มูเติ่มู / Additional Information
Internet of Things (IoT) and AI to analyze CCTV footage in counting 1 เทคโนโลยีีการชั่่�งนำ�าหน่ก InVision™ ที�ผสานเทคโนโลยีีการชั่่�งนำ�าหน่ก
a large number of eggs on a conveyor belt in a farm. It has, thus, และการจดจำาของกล้องมาไว้้ในชัุ่ดชั่้�นส่ว้นคุณภาพ 100% จาก บร้ษั่ท
reduced the time for counting the number of eggs produced daily เมทเล่อร์-โทเลโด (ประเทศไทยี) จำาก่ด

InVision™ weighing technology that combines weighing
technology and camera recognition into a 100% quality package
from Metler-Toledo (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
2 CiRA Automation And Technology Co., Ltd. หรือ “CiRA TECH”
บร้ษั่ทที�มีการนำานว้่ตกรรมระด่บโลกจากสถานการศึกษัามาขยีายีผล
และยีกระด่บภาคอุตสาหกรรมโดยีนำาเทคโนโลยีี AI ด้านการเรียีนร้้เชั่้ง
ลึกมาสร้างเป็นแพลตฟอร์ม AI ส่ญชั่าต้ไทยีที�เรียีกว้่า “CiRA CORE”
CiRA Automation And Technology Co., Ltd. or “CiRA TECH”,
a Thai company that brings world-class innovation from the
education sector and expands and upgrade it to the industrial
sector by using deep learning AI technology to create an efficient
AI platform, known as “CiRA CORE”.
Figure 2 Automatic Chicken Egg Counting Machine utilizing AI CCTV

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