The XyloScope—A field-deployable macroscopic digital imaging device for wood

John C. Hermanson; David Dostal; Joseph Destree; Alex C. Wiedenhoeft

doi:10.2737/FPL-RN-367

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The XyloScope—A field-deployable macroscopic digital imaging device for wood

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Authors:

John C. Hermanson, David Dostal, Joseph Destree, Alex C. Wiedenhoeft

Year:

2019

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/FPL-RN-367

Source:

FPL-RN-367

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Abstract

This Research Note describes the rationale for and design of a XyloScope, a digital imaging system for viewing and recording macroscopic images of wood for a XyloTron machine-vision wood identification system, and provides a bill of materials and the associated technical drawings of its components.

Keywords

XyloTron, wood identification, machine vision, XyloScope

Citation

Hermanson, John C.; Dostal, David; Destree, Joseph C.; Wiedenhoeft, Alex C. 2019. The XyloScope—A field-deployable macroscopic digital imaging device for wood. Research Note FPL-RN-0367. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. 18 p.