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8183550 |
Imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press
A method of imaging an imprinted substrate on a printing press is provided. The method comprises sensing light reflected by the substrate using a contact image sensor to produce data representative...
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8145338 |
Systems and methods for detecting and rejecting defective absorbent articles from a converting line
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for detecting and rejecting defective absorbent articles from a converting line. In particular, the systems and methods may utilize feedback...
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8145291 |
Extended optical range reflective system for monitoring motion of a member
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having...
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8145344 |
Systems and methods for controlling phasing of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the relative positions or phasing of advancing substrates and/or components in absorbent article converting lines. The...
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8145343 |
Systems and methods for controlling registration of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines
The present disclosure relates to systems and processes for controlling the registration of advancing substrates in absorbent article converting lines. The systems and methods may utilize feedback...
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8131008 |
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for image-based measurement and inspection of pre-engineered structural components
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for image-based measurement and inspection of pre-engineered structural components, such as building trusses and wall panels. A system can include: a light source;...
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8114253 |
Apparatus for characterizing fibrous materials using stokes parameters
An apparatus for determining fiber orientation parameters of a sheet of material during a production process includes a polarized radiation generating system operable for providing polarized...
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8115929 |
Thread lateral movement sensor
A system for detecting the lateral movement of thread includes an optical device configured to emit an optical signal. The optical device includes a resonant cavity. The system further includes a...
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8069859 |
Wrapping paper inspection apparatus and tobacco wrapping machine
A wrapping paper inspection apparatus includes a nozzle arranged in a wrapping-paper discharge path, in which wrapping paper is wound and continuously discharged, for wetting one side of the...
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8039826 |
Inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press
A method of inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press comprises illuminating a portion of the substrate which has been imprinted with different colors at a plurality of printing units...
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8017927 |
Apparatus, system, and method for print quality measurements using multiple adjustable sensors
An apparatus includes at least one scanner. Each scanner includes a plurality of sensors, and each sensor is capable of measuring one or more characteristics associated with a portion of a...
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7986410 |
Method for detecting a fibrous web tear in a drying section of a machine for producing the fibrous web and apparatus for performing said method
This invention relates to a method for detecting a tear in a fibrous web in a drying section of a machine for producing the fibrous web, whereby the fibrous web is passed through the drying section...
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7973935 |
Reflection characteristic measuring apparatus for sheet specimen and method of calibrating reflection characteristic measuring apparatus for sheet specimen
A reflection characteristic measuring apparatus capable of scanning a specimen surface of a sheet specimen at a high speed is provided. The reflection characteristic measuring apparatus includes a...
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7961319 |
Method and apparatus for measuring color of a moving web
A method and an apparatus for measuring color of a moving web. The web is measured by reflectance measurement and transmittance measurement, wherein the reflectance measurement is carried out by...
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7957000 |
Web inspection calibration system and related methods
Systems and methods for calibrating a web inspection system.
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7952714 |
Apparatus for detection of the accuracy of format of a web of corrugated cardboard
An apparatus for detection of the accuracy of format of a web of corrugated cardboard moved in a conveying direction comprises a light source which emits a light band to the surface of the web of...
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7925072 |
Methods for identifying array areas in dies formed on a wafer and methods for setting up such methods
Methods for identifying array areas in dies formed on a wafer and methods for setting up such methods are provided. One method for identifying array areas in dies formed on a wafer includes...
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7920257 |
Systems and methods for determining the shape of glass sheets
Disclosed are systems and methods for determining the shape of a glass sheet during and/or after the forming process. In one example, a system for determining the shape of a glass sheet defining an...
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7907276 |
Film quality evaluation method, apparatus therefor, and production system for thin-film device
An object is to improve production efficiency as well as reducing the burden on an operator. Light is radiated on a crystalline silicon film used for a thin-film silicon device, reflection light...
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7901096 |
Illumination for projecting an image
The invention is directed to a method for illuminating an object and projecting its image on a ground glass screen. Optical comparators conventionally use incandescent illumination, either mercury...
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7889342 |
Web measurement device
A sensor is provided that measures web caliper using optical and magnetic measuring devices. The optical measuring devices may employ a confocal chromatic aberration method to accurately determine...
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7889907 |
Apparatus and methods for inspecting tape lamination
A system for inspecting a composite material laid onto a substrate by a lamination machine. An imaging assembly attached to a rear portion of a delivery head of the machine obtains an image of at...
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7848561 |
Determining capability of an on-line sensor
Devices, systems and methods for determining capabilities of an on-line sensor are disclosed. The exemplary method may comprise the following acts. The method may generate an image of a sample...
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7843569 |
Housing for an optical measurement device and method for producing a housing
Housing (1) for an optical measurement device, in particular for yarn monitoring, and a method for producing such housing, from a plastics material by prototyping and receiving components of the...
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7837833 |
Method for characterizing fibrous materials using stokes parameters
An apparatus (200) for determining fiber orientation parameters of a sheet of material during a production process includes a polarized radiation generating system (201, 202) operable for providing...
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7829855 |
Methods and apparatus for determining fibre orientation
Fiber distribution characteristics such as the bulk average orientation of fibers in composite fibrous materials can be evaluated based on the variation in the speed with which polarized...
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7826041 |
Register mark detection apparatus
A register mark detecting apparatus detects a transparent register mark printed on a conveyed transparent web. The register mark detecting apparatus includes a light source, a parallel light flux...
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7816616 |
Sorting system using narrow-band electromagnetic radiation
A system for sorting articles includes a detector system having a plurality of narrow bandwidth sources of electromagnetic energy sequentially illuminating articles passing through the detector...
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7804079 |
Method and apparatus for using imperfections and irregularities in optical media for identification purposes
A method for using optical media for identification purpose including the steps of exposing a portion of the optical media to a source of radiation; detecting an imperfection in the portion of the...
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7773225 |
Device for the optical analysis, including two-dimensional, of a thread or yarn
A device for the optical analysis, including two-dimensional, of a thread or yarn (F) fed to a textile machine, said device comprising at least one light emitter element (3, 4) and at least one...
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7755777 |
Wavelength selection method, film thickness measurement method, film thickness measurement apparatus, and system for producing thin film silicon device
An object is to reduce film thickness measurement error. Illumination light having different wavelengths is radiated onto a plurality of samples in which thin films having different film qualities...
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7732796 |
Inspection system for inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press
An inspection system for inspecting an imprinted substrate on a printing press has a light source, a contact image sensor, and a processor. The light source is configured to illuminate a portion of...
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7725152 |
Extended optical range system for monitoring motion of a member
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric comprising a first plurality of reflective yarns knitted or woven with a second plurality of stretchable yarns. The fabric exhibits both a light...
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7719696 |
Position-detecting mechanism and position-detecting sensor
This invention provides a position-detecting mechanism and a position-detecting sensor, the calibration of the sensor easy, the deviation of a web from the reference line of the sensor easy to...
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7715897 |
Extended optical range reflective system for monitoring motion of a member
A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having...
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7684033 |
Apparatus at a spinning preparatory plant for detecting foreign objects in fibre material
In an apparatus at a spinning preparatory plant for detecting foreign objects, for example, pieces of cloth, tapes, string, pieces of sheeting and the like, in fibre material, the fibre material is...
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7675622 |
Determining a media feature using a photovoltaic cell and an electroluminescent light panel
This invention relates to an apparatus for determining a media feature, comprising: a plurality of light filters such that the filters include a media measurement aperture and a calibration...
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7659984 |
Device for controlling material
The invention relates to a device for controlling material comprising a sensor device and a lighting device, whereby the material which is to be controlled is guided on a transparent drum.
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7623244 |
Apparatus for examining documents
The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for examining documents (2), in particular banknotes. Therein the apparatus (1) comprises at least one light source (3), at least one spectral...
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7595880 |
Optical data capture and quality assurance
A method and system for capturing and analyzing an image of a moving web of cigarette paper having a plurality of transverse banded regions. The captured images of the moving web of cigarette paper...
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7593106 |
Independent measurement of dual sided properties of sheet material
A dual sided sheet surface property sensor has the capability to simultaneously measure both sides of a moving sheet at the same location of the sheet on the top and bottom surfaces of the sheet....
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7580133 |
Interferometric apparatus for measuring moving object and optical interferometry method for measuring moving object
A moving-object measuring interferometric apparatus comprises: a light beam output section outputting a measuring beam; an interference optical system obtaining interference light by projecting the...
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7551284 |
Method and device for the optical monitoring of a running fiber strand
Disclosed are a method and a device for optically monitoring a running natural fiber strand. According to the invention, a light signal is sent onto the fiber strand and is emitted once again at a...
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7551274 |
Defect detection lighting system and methods for large glass sheets
A glass defect detection system comprising an apparatus and methods for the real-time inspection for defects in and on transparent sheets, such as a large sheets of glass is disclosed. The defect...
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7551283 |
Orientation meter
An orientation meter for measuring an orientation of a measuring object, the orientation meter including: a plurality of light emitting elements for irradiating light to the measuring object; a...
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7545499 |
Systems and methods for measuring a colored flexible material during a manufacturing process
A method for measuring a flexible colored material during a manufacturing process. The method includes automatically diverting the flexible material from a process path, placing the flexible...
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7542821 |
Multi-unit process spatial synchronization of image inspection systems
A conversion control system is described that includes a database to store data defining a set of rules and an interface to receive local anomaly information from a plurality of different analysis...
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7499171 |
Methods for using light reflection patterns to determine diving angle of grain
Methods are provided for using light reflection patterns to determine various properties of fibrous materials, such as wood. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods for...
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7495766 |
Spectroscopic analysis technique for measuring the amount of surface material on wire
In accordance with the present application, a method and system is provided for measuring an amount of surface material on a wire. A section of the wire and a beam generating device configured to...
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7489403 |
Electronic testing apparatus and testing method thereof
An electronic testing apparatus is provided. The electronic testing apparatus includes a testing paper having a first reaction line and a second reaction line; a circuit board, having a light...
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