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7583832 Method and its apparatus for classifying defects  
A highly reliable defect automatic classifying method and apparatus capable of flexibly coping with a request for classifying a defect given by each user without having to collect lots of teach...
7457440 Method of determining usability of a document image and an apparatus therefor  
A method of processing a document comprises the steps of (a) scanning a document to capture image data associated with the document, (b) processing at least a portion of the captured image data to...
7215363 System and method for scanning a surface of a moving object  
The present invention relates to a system and method for the imaging of surfaces of box like objects conveyed along a path. The objects are conveyed past at least one camera which is positioned at...
6943824 Image processing spout control system  
A spout control system controls and aims a spout and a spout cap of a crop harvesting vehicle with respect to a separate crop hauling vehicle moving with the harvesting vehicle. The control system...
6741275 Lumber grading system  
A lumber grading system for providing a lumber cutting solution for a piece of lumber. Video acquisition circuits acquire complementary images of the sides of the piece of lumber taken by two...
6727990 Method and apparatus for monitoring and analyzing the surface of floated material  
At the separation of different minerals from the ores by means of flotation, it belongs to known art to monitor a larger part of the uppermost froth layer in the flotation cell by means of a video...
6683687 Method and apparatus for assessing the effect of yarn faults on woven or knitted fabrics  
The assessment of the effects of yarn faults is carried out by simulating the fabric image. In a first step, the yarn is examined by a measuring member for parameters associated with the volume...
6359646 Part mounting device  
The present invention aims at providing a part mounting device for efficiently performing mounting operations by eliminating an amount of time required for moving and stoppage intended for...
6124889 Programmable video timing generator scanning an event memory between possible event times  
A video timing generator provides control and timing signals for a variety of different camera types by employing a circular buffer scanned rapidly before the occurrence of each potential control...
6122001 Image acquisition system for sorting packets  
The system comprises a high resolution camera (1) mounted above a conveyor plane (4) along which objects are displaced, thereby enabling the top face of each object to be observed. The camera (1)...
6108030 Appearance inspecting device for solid formulation  
Disclosed is an appearance inspecting device for a solid formulation, including a supply section for continuously supplying solid formulations such as capsules; an inspecting drum for holding on...
6104427 Method and apparatus for capturing optically capturable information on articles with potentially extensive surfaces  
A plurality of separate conveyings over each of which a single line camera is mounted and connected to a sensor processor, which itself is connected to a fast data network with a plurality of...
6031567 Method and apparatus for video lumber grading  
A lumber video grading apparatus includes a vision system, processors, a grading station having visual displays, a storage and retrieval device, an identification device, and a timing system. The...
6028302 Transparent container relief indiciae scanning system  
5936665 Automated apparatus for counting pillings in textile fabrics  
An automated system and associated method of counting pillings in textile fabrics. Images of consecutive sections of a fabric sample are captured by a CCD camera. A system processor then processes...
5912698 Image recording system  
An image recording system is described for automatic address location on large letters and parcels, comprising a high resolution grey scale camera and a low resolution color camera. Both cameras...
5903341 Produce grading and sorting system and method  
A method and apparatus for inspecting and sorting agricultural products which includes launching each product individually from an input transport unit with substantially no change in speed or...
RE36047 Multi-mode TDI/raster-scan television camera system  
Mode selection switches (76, 96, 98) selectively interconnect a sensor line shift timing generator (76) with one of three signal sources - (1) a conventional raster scan timing signal from a raster...
5850252 Camera adjusting device of an apparatus for mounting an electronic equipment on a printed circuit board  
A pair of cameras are mounted on a base member for monitoring an electronic equipment on a printed circuit board. A pair of first mirrors are provided for reflecting light from the electronic...
5815198 Method and apparatus for analyzing an image to detect and identify defects  
The Invention includes a method and apparatus which analyzes an image of an object to detect and identify defects in the object. The present invention utilizes a scanning technique which converts a...
5729473 Method and device for generating colorimetric data for use in the automatic sorting of products, notably fruits or vegetables  
In a method and apparatus for generating colorimetric data useful in the automatic colorimetric sorting of products, such as fruits or vegetables, each product is illuminated by means of a beam...
5703960 Lumber defect scanning including multi-dimensional pattern recognition  
Grain defect scanning takes into account a broad set of data representing both wood grain structure and wood grain image to provide a multi-dimensional scan vector for an inspection point with wide...
5703784 Machine vision apparatus and method for sorting objects  
An object is sorted into different classes by producing a video image of the object. The signal level discontinuities in the image are evaluated by first deriving a video signal gradient of each...
5675416 Apparatus and method for detecting and sorting plastic articles having a preferred axis of birefringence  
A sorting system (10) propels a stream of randomly arranged PET and PVC articles (12, 14) through an inspection zone (20) including a first light polarizer/analyzer combination (24, 26), an...
5627910 Process for inspecting metallic chips fragments in order to eliminate more X-ray absorbent inclusions from them  
The invention is a process for inspecting chips and/or fragments of metal or metal alloy to eliminate from them inclusions of a more X-ray absorbent material than the metal or alloy, wherein a...
5526437 Integrated food sorting and analysis apparatus  
An integrated bulk food sorting and analysis apparatus comprises a wide-belt product conveyor which receives and conveys a laterally-distributed stream of bulk food articles past a product...
5526050 Methods and apparatus for concurrently acquiring video data from multiple video data sources  
The invention provides apparatus and methods for concurrently acquiring video data from multiple video data sources. The invention comprises an asynchronous interface that collects pixel data from...
5432545 Color detection and separation method  
A method is provided for detecting the color of objects such as bottles to be recycled so as to enable the bottles to be separated by color. The method which is particularly concerned with...
5409119 Hole sorting system and method  
An apparatus and a method sort items, such as pickles, having defective shapes, such as holes. A video camera scans moving items and acquires lines of image data including item-colored data and...
5398818 Center shot sorting system and method  
A system and method for sorting items (16) computes the geometric center ("centroid") (156) of any item containing a defect (26) or multiple defects, and directs an ejection air blast at the...
5396260 Video instrumentation for the analysis of mineral content in ores and coal  
Mineral content in processed ore and coal content in coal slurries are determined using a video system. A video image is taken of a sample, the video image is digitized, and gray levels are...
5353358 Method for determining article orientation in an article handling system using a sampling of a CCD array  
In an article handling system that functions to make article discrimination-identification determinations, the possible article orientations A, B, C . . . are stored and compared to establish...
5351078 Apparatus and methods for automated observation of objects  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for automatically inspecting two- or three-dimensional objects or subjects. A detector and the object are moved relative to each other. In one form, a detector,...
5321491 Method and apparatus for grading shell eggs  
In the grading of shell eggs passing in a stream through a candling bed, images of the eggs are compared with image data characteristic of eggs of known grade so as to assign a grade to each egg in...
5318173 Hole sorting system and method  
An apparatus and a method sort items, such as pickles, having defective shapes, such as holes. A video camera scans moving items and acquires lines of image data including item-colored data and...
5311999 Method of distributing packages or the like  
In a method of distributing packages according to addresses, headings or the like applied to their surfaces by means of a separating and conveying device, it is provided that along a conveying path...
5253765 Sorting and grading system  
A system for sorting randomly oriented objects of various sizes based upon the size of the object includes a transport for conveying a series of objects from an input location to one of a plurality...
5253302 Method and arrangement for automatic optical classification of plants  
For automatic optical classification of plants an image of in each case one plant is captured by a color video camera. The color video signals furnished by the color video camera are digitized and...
5237407 Method and apparatus for measuring the color distribution of an item  
A method and an apparatus for measuring the color distribution of an item wherein the item is rotated in the field of view of a camera and successive line images of the item parallel to the axis of...
5184733 Apparatus and method for determining the volume, form and weight of objects  
An apparatus and method for determining the volume, form and weight of fish or other objects is presented. A linescan camera records a top view of an object and at the same time records a profile...
5184732 Shape sorting  
In order to provide an accurate sort into many different classes, objects are dropped through a viewing zone and viewed in the same instant by a number of viewers. Each viewer provides electronic...
5164795 Method and apparatus for grading fruit  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for grading the surface of generally apherical fruit according to surface characteristics such as color and blemish. The fruit are moved in single file past a...
5162792 On-the-fly arrangement for interconnecting leads and connectors  
An arrangement is provided to correlate random connections made at one end of a multiwire cable with connections that are to made at the opposite end of the cable, in which the different leads of...
5144421 Methods and apparatus for scanning objects and generating image information  
An automatic scanning apparatus and method for detecting the presence of one or more objects in an image field under investigation or inspection. Electro-optical scanning means, such as a...
5090576 Method and apparatus for sorting a flow of objects as a function of optical properties of the objects  
Method and apparatus for sorting objects dependent on optical characteristics thereof. The objects are conveyed through a longitudinal sorting zone. Light reflected from the objects passing the...
5065237 Edge detection using patterned background  
An apparatus for singulating mailpieces such as envelopes spread out on a moving conveyor belt includes a robot for picking up the mailpiece associated with a leading edge. The conveyor belt has...
5041907 Automated assembly and packaging system  
An apparatus and method for picking up and manipulating randomly oriented and randomly positioned objects moving on an object belt and transferring them to randomly oriented and randomly positioned...
5020675 Apparatus for sorting conveyed articles  
Apparatus for sorting articles having a roller conveyor for moving articles through an inspection region where they are scanned by a camera. From the scans, the position of boundaries of the...
4963035 Fish sorting machine  
A method and apparatus for sorting fish comprising receiving the image of a fish in a video camera and storing it in an image plane memory. The boundary values of the image are determined, as well...
4918739 Process and system for digital analysis of images applied to stratigraphic data  
A system and a process are disclosed for the quantitative characterization of organic matter concentrates and of petrographic thin sections or polished fragments of rocks found in oil reservoir...
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