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7623249 Automated product profiling apparatus and product slicing system using same  
A system, suitable for high-speed operation, by which raw product ( 45 ), such as a slab of meat, can be accurately processed, such as by slicing into segments of desired weight, comprises a...
7569806 Moving object detection photointerrupter having a determination of passing of the moving object based on its passing direction and the detection information of the next moving object and electric device using the same  
An embodiment of the present invention comprises: at least one light-emitting portion that emits light; a plurality of light-receiving portions, disposed at intervals in the passing direction of...
7548316 System and method for lead edge and trail edge sheet constraint and curl sensing  
A lead edge and/or trail edge sheet curl sensing and constraint method and system. First and second light emitters and detector pairs are aligned such that the light beams from the first light...
7502126 Optical position/motion tracking system  
A system for tracking the spatial position/motion of an article conveyed along a feed path. The system comprises a reflective surface disposed along the feed path of the article and an optical...
7456946 Laser system for pellet-shaped articles  
A pellet-shaped article inspection unit is structured for use with a conveyer mechanism having a plurality of carrier bars, each carrier bar being structured to convey a plurality of pellet-shaped...
7450247 Automated product profiling apparatus and product slicing system using same  
A system, suitable for high-speed operation, by which raw product ( 45 ), such as a slab of meat, can be accurately processed, such as by slicing into segments of desired weight, comprises a...
7446302 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine  
A transparent-front vending machine includes an optical vend-sensing system with an article sensing subsystem arranged athwart a vend space. The article sensing subsystem has two emitter/detector...
7435946 Mark detector using multiple light beams for use in a displacement detector and an image forming apparatus  
A mark detector to detect a plurality of marks which are arranged in a predetermined cycle on a moving member, such as a photo conductor belt, a transfer belt, a paper conveyance belt, a photo...
7427767 Apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt  
An apparatus for identifying the condition of a conveyor belt ( 6 ) has a capturing device ( 12 ) which can be used to capture two-dimensional images (B) of successive belt sections ( 15 ) of the...
7385174 Apparatus and method for measuring sidewall thickness of non-round transparent containers  
An apparatus for inspecting sidewall thickness of non-round transparent containers includes a conveyor for holding a container in stationary position and rotating the container around an axis. A...
7378642 Counting apparatus and method for a poultry processing plant  
A counting system for a poultry processing plant that uses conveyors is disclosed. Two types of conveyors are addressed, one where poultry hang from the conveyor and one where the carcasses are...
7363817 System and technique for detecting the presence of foreign material  
Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material in food utilizing optical backlighting and/or ultrasonic inspection are presented. In optical backlighting, a substantially...
7343220 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine  
For ensuring that a vending machine motor will continue to operate until a product has descended through a vending space or an established time interval has elapsed, an optical beam is established...
7280227 Device, method and system for measuring the distribution of selected properties in a material  
A device for measuring a distribution of selected properties of a material. The device includes an emitter configured to emit electromagnetic radiation at at least a first and second frequency in a...
7276719 Device for a goniometric examination of the optical properties of surfaces  
A device for examining the optical properties of surfaces having at least one first radiation device emitting radiation at least at one first predetermined spatial angle to a surface to be...
7262380 Determination of characteristics of material  
A system for automatically inspecting matter for varying composition comprises one or more detection stations through which one or more streams of matter are advanced and particular materials...
7233014 Medium detection apparatus and medium detection method  
A medium detection apparatus is provided with: a light emitting section adapted to emit light; a light receiving section adapted to detect reflected light and output an output value in accordance...
7205529 Laser mirror vision  
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for determining a three dimensional image of the a moving object by means of reflecting means such as mirrors and a planar beam of light...
7173708 Method and apparatus for detecting damage in plant products  
A method and apparatus of sorting plant products based on damage to the plant products is disclosed. A beam emitter emits an illumination light toward the outer surface of a plant product. A beam...
7102741 Printing/inspection unit, method and apparatus for printing and/or inspecting and accepting/removing specified pellet-shaped articles from a conveyer mechanism  
A pellet-shaped article inspection unit is structured for use with a conveyer mechanism having a plurality of carrier bars, each carrier bar being structured to convey a plurality of pellet-shaped...
7079236 Appearance inspection machine for flat tablet  
An appearance inspection apparatus is disclosed. A flat tablet (t) is placed in an uprightly erected posture on and between two adjacent ones of rollers ( 12 ) which form a roller belt ( 1 ), and...
7071452 Self-calibrating photoelectric control system  
A self-calibrating photoelectric control system for use in a checkstand to control the starting and stopping of a conveyer belt utilized to move products closer to a checkout clerk. The...
7068368 Two-side multiple lamp online inner part inspection apparatus  
An internal qualities inspection system having a receiving tray for placing an inspecting object thereon with a receiving seat and a transmission light passage formed in the receiving tray is...
7049572 Optical sensor and method of operation thereof  
An optical detector is disclosed, which is adapted to measure the opacity of media. The detector comprises a light means and a light sensor, arranged so as to have a media path there between. The...
7030977 Non-contact optical system for production testing of electronic assemblies  
The present invention provides a system for the contactless testing and configuring of electronic assemblies during the manufacturing process. The system includes an onboard optical transceiver, a...
7005629 System for stereo-view based detection of features of articles  
An optical system having a light source means and a detector means for detecting one or more articles which by means of a conveyor move or are temporarily stationary under the means, where said...
7002135 Method and apparatus for precision counting and tracking of signatures moving between a gripper conveyor and a stacker infeed  
Printed products are accurately detected, counted and tracked as they move from a gripper conveyor to a lay down conveyor. The printed products are further tracked from a position where they reach...
6992771 Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material  
Systems and techniques for detecting the presence of foreign material in food utilizing optical backlighting and/or ultrasonic inspection are presented. In optical backlighting, a substantially...
6979815 Folding apparatus of a web-fed printing press including a conveyor belt monitoring device  
A folding apparatus ( 30 ) having at least one conveyor belt ( 10 ) which is used to convey signatures ( 64 ) at least on a section of a path ( 66, 68 ) of the signatures ( 64 ) through the folding...
6956197 Method and an arrangement for detecting and discharging misplaced boards at a separation elevator  
A method and a device for detection and removal of one or more misplaced boards ( 6 ) on an elevator for the separation of boards ( 6 ). The elevator comprises a frame ( 1 ) that supports carrier...
6927864 Method and system for determining dimensions of optically recognizable features  
A method and system for determining dimensions of optically recognizable features provides a low-cost and efficient high speed/high resolution measurement system for determining surface feature...
6919557 Device for continuous movement of objects with symmetry, use for visual inspection and control  
A device for controlling a continuous movement of an object with symmetry of revolution ( 1 ) comprises a conveyor ( 5 ) having two parallel guides, ( 6 ) and at least one pair of belts ( 8 )...
6906796 Device and method for irradiation  
A device for irradiation of small particles, such as grains from cereals and like crops, for analysis of the quality of the particles, comprises a sample-feeding carrier ( 30 ), which has sample...
6903359 Method and apparatus for edge detection  
An embodiment of the present invention comprises a method and apparatus of detecting edges. Light directed from any angle at a smooth surface will not cast a shadow regardless of the printing on...
6858826 Method and apparatus for scanning three-dimensional objects  
Apparatus and method for creating 3D imagery of an object using calibration means to transfer data to a reference frame and visibility analysis to determine and resolve occlusion.
6844540 Conveyor sensor and conveyor path restriction for conveyed objects having triangular cross sections  
A conveying system includes a photoelectric sensor and a gate where the sensor senses objects having triangular cross sections that are conveyed past the sensor by the conveyor system and the gate...
6817610 Multiples detect apparatus and method  
The invention provides an apparatus and method for detecting overlapped mail pieces when sorting batches of flat mail pieces as the pieces are conveyed on their narrow sides, whereby the sorted...
6794668 Method and apparatus for print media detection  
Print media thickness and transmissivity is determined using transmissive light. The light is beamed onto a reflective and absorptive surface. A profile is generated and stored for each...
6784447 Vision system with reflective device for industrial parts  
A machine vision inspection system for industrial parts such as plastic molded caps or the like can reliably detect defects at very high inspection rates on the order of 1600 per minute of a...
6781111 Paper processing apparatus  
Includes a sensor section ( 240 ) which irradiates light onto paper that is being conveyed and which detects a quantity of light transmitted through the paper, and a type-of-money judging section (...
6778694 Method for examining doubtful zones on the surface of an unwinding strip by image segmentation  
A method for examining the surface of an unwinding strip to detect a surface fault. The method includes forming at least a digital image of the strip having a set of image elements each with an...
6737665 Edge detector  
A method of detecting the passage of an edge of a moving sheet of material at a position comprising: monitoring a state of motion at a position; and determining a time of an edge of the sheet at a...
6720546 Method and device for detecting a true product jam in a folder  
A method for detecting a copy jam or buildup in a folder uses sensors assigned to a copy transport path for determining a sequence of copies along the copy transport path. The sensors are formed of...
6708079 Optical vend-sensing system for control of vending machine  
An optical vend-sensing system for reliably detecting the dispensing of an article, is presented. The system includes two parallel reflecting surfaces, each mounted at opposite sides of a vend...
6693274 Method and system of sorting a plurality of received articles having varying size and shape  
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for dimensionally sorting a group of received articles, like fruits and vegetables, and using the determined different sizes for...
6657722 Side multiple-lamp type on-line inside quality inspecting device  
An object of inside-quality inspection being conveyed on a conveyer is irradiated sideways with beams of light from projection lamps concentratedly. A photodetecting device detects light...
6639665 Multispectral imaging system for contaminant detection  
An automated inspection system for detecting digestive contaminants on food items as they are being processed for consumption includes a conveyor for transporting the food items, a light sealed...
6629625 Reflector and anti-fog film in an optical sensor system  
A dispensed product detection system and method for use in a refrigerated vending machine utilizing an optical light beam crossing the path through which a dispensed product travels. An optical...
6628379 Method and apparatus for inspection of rubber product  
A rubber product inspection method for inspecting internal flaws and/or surface defects of a vulcanized transparent or translucent rubber product includes: irradiating illumination light onto the...
6614041 Method for determining the wood/bark ratio from a flow of wood material  
A method for determining the wood/bark ratio from a flow of wood material, in which the flow is illuminated in a non-flashing manner, scanned along a transverse line with a video camera with at...