A method and machine for making frozen custard or similar products includes a freezing barrel, a pump for providing liquid mix to the freezing barrel, a dasher positioned in the freezing barrel for driving product through and dispensing the product from the freezing barrel, and a refrigeration syste
A method and machine for making frozen custard or similar products includes a freezing barrel, a pump for providing liquid mix to the freezing barrel, a dasher positioned in the freezing barrel for driving product through and dispensing the product from the freezing barrel, and a refrigeration system for chilling the freezing barrel. A user interface allows an operator to select from among a plurality of production rates. A system controller automatically controls the pumping rate, dasher motor speed, and chilling level to produce a product in the freezing barrel at the desired production rate and having the desired product quality and consistency. An ultrasonic sensor may be employed to monitor a level of liquid mix in a liquid mix container. A warning signal may be provided to the operator when the level of mix in the container runs low.
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A method and machine for making frozen custard or similar products includes a freezing barrel, a pump for providing liquid mix to the freezing barrel, a dasher positioned in the freezing barrel for driving product through and dispensing the product from the freezing barrel, and a refrigeration syste
A method and machine for making frozen custard or similar products includes a freezing barrel, a pump for providing liquid mix to the freezing barrel, a dasher positioned in the freezing barrel for driving product through and dispensing the product from the freezing barrel, and a refrigeration system for chilling the freezing barrel. A user interface allows an operator to select from among a plurality of production rates. A system controller automatically controls the pumping rate, dasher motor speed, and chilling level to produce a product in the freezing barrel at the desired production rate and having the desired product quality and consistency. An ultrasonic sensor may be employed to monitor a level of liquid mix in a liquid mix container. A warning signal may be provided to the operator when the level of mix in the container runs low. ject image is executed by comparing a plurality of images under different image sensing conditions, and the reference image information is changed in correspondence with a relative relationship between the object and a background. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the reference image information is a template and the extracting object image is executed by comparing information of the sensed image and the template changed in a size. 5. An image information extraction apparatus comprising: image sensing means for generating an image by sensing an object; reference image storage means for storing a reference image to be compared with the image output from said image sensing means; initialization means for automatically initializing the reference image by correcting a shape and/or a size of the reference image on the basis of at least an image sensing parameter of said image sensing means relative to an image sensing state when said image sensing means senses the object; and image comparison means for comparing the reference image corrected in a shape and/or a size by said initialization means with the image output from said image sensing means, and determining the presence of the object when similarity between the two images exceeds a predetermined value; wherein said image sensing parameter includes at least one of a focusing signal upon image sensing, focal length data of said image sensing means, and visual axis direction data and an illumination light condition upon image sensing. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising image sensing mode extraction means for extracting said image sensing parameter. 7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said initialization means sets an initial size of the reference image on the basis of an object distance upon image sensing or a focal length parameter of said image sensing means. 8. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising image sensing mode extraction means comprising visual axis direction data extraction means, and wherein said initialization means initializes a central position of the reference image in correspondence with a central position of an image generated by said image sensing means on the basis of a visual axis direction upon image sensing. 9. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said reference image storage means stores contour line data of a plurality of specific objects. 10. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said initialization means sets contour line data of the reference image as an initial contour, and sets a central position of the initial contour in the visual axis direction. 11. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said image comparison means uses an active contour as a contour model of the reference image, controls to vary positions of points on the contour on the basis of a predetermined evaluation function which assumes a minimum value when the function converges to a point on a contour line of the image generated by said image sensing means, thereafter, calculates similarity between a contour shape after convergence and a contour shape of the reference image or similarity between an image in a contour after convergence obtained by normalizing an image size so that the contour size becomes substantially equal to the reference image, and the reference image. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said image comparison means outputs original image data in the contour after the active contour converges. 13. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said image comparison means outputs image data when the similarity between the reference image and the image generated by said image sensing means is larger than a predetermined threshold value. 14. An image information extraction apparatus comprising: image sensing means for generating an image by sensing an object; image sensing mode extraction means for extracting an image sensing mode when said image sensing means senses the object; image sensing mode storage means for storing the image sensing mode extracted by said image sensing mode extraction means; image storage means for storing the image output from said image sensing means; reference image storage means for storing reference image information to be compared with the image output from said image sensing means; initialization means for automatically initializing the reference image by correcting a shape and/or a size of the reference image on the basis of at least an image sensing parameter of said image sensing means relative to the image sensing mode extracted by said image sensing mode extraction means; image comparison means for comparing the reference image corrected in a shape and/or a size by said initialization means with the image output from said image sensing means; and image cutting means for cutting out an image on the basis of the output from said image comparison means; wherein said image sensing parameter includes at least one of a focusing signal upon image sensing, focal length data of said image sensing means, and visual axis direction data and an illumination light condition upon image sensing. 15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said image sensing mode extraction means extracts said image sensing parameter. 16. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said initialization means sets an initial size of the reference image on the basis of an object distance upon image sensing or a focal length parameter of said image sensing means. 17. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said image sensing mode extraction means comprises visual axis direction data extraction means, and said initialization means initializes a central position of the reference image in correspondence with a central position of an image generated by said image sensing means on the basis of a visual axis direction upon image sensing. 18. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said reference image storage means stores contour line data of a plurality of specific objects. 19. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said initialization means sets contour line data of the reference image as an initial contour, and sets a central position of the initial contour in the visual axis direction. 20. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein said image comparison means uses an active contour as a contour model of the reference image, controls to vary positions of points on the contour on the basis of a predetermined evaluation function which assumes a minimum value when the function converges to a point on a contour line of the image generated by said image sensing means, thereafter, calculates similarity between a contour shape after convergence and a contour shape of the reference image or similarity between an image in a contour after convergence obtained by normalizing an image size so that the contour size becomes substantially equal to the reference image, and the reference image. 21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein said image comparison means outputs original image data in the contour after the active contour converges. 22. The apparatus according to 14, wherein said image comparison means outputs image data when the similarity between the reference image and the image generated by said image sensing means is larger than a predetermined threshold value. 23. An image information extraction method for searching for a specific object by executing: image generation processing for generating an image by sensing an object; extraction processing for extracting an image sensing state in the case that the image is generated by performing the image generation processing; reference image reading processing for reading out reference image from storage means to be compared with the image generated by the image generation processing from storage means; initialization processing for automatically initializing the reference image read out from the storage means b
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