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title: "How to inspect baked goods with computer vision"
description: "Train a model on the plant own images of products coming off the oven or cooling line, so it can mark items that look under or over baked, misshapen, the wrong size, torn, missing toppings or seeds, or stuck together. Each mark points to the item and its place on the belt, so line staff can pull it and the shift lead can spot a trend early. The model only checks how products look; it does not replace food safety checks, metal detection or allergen controls, and people decide what to do about any pattern it finds."
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# How can a bakery or food plant use computer vision to check bread, buns and pastries on the line?
Train a model on the plant own images of products coming off the oven or cooling line, so it can mark items that look under or over baked, misshapen, the wrong size, torn, missing toppings or seeds, or stuck together. Each mark points to the item and its place on the belt, so line staff can pull it and the shift lead can spot a trend early. The model only checks how products look; it does not replace food safety checks, metal detection or allergen controls, and people decide what to do about any pattern it finds.
## What this means in practice
- Set up a fixed camera and steady lighting over the line where products leave the oven or cooler
- Collect images of products that staff have already judged good or not good, for each product type
- Label the look problems the quality team tracks, such as color, shape, size, toppings and tears
- Send flagged items to line staff and show the shift lead how flags change over the run
- Add reviewed images back into training whenever a recipe, pan or product changes
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