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7583377 |
Optoelectronic process and a device for inspection of an area of revolution of a receptacle
An optoelectronic process for inspection of an area of revolution of a receptacle presenting an axis of revolution, includes:
illumination of the surface to be inspected using a lighting...
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7560720 |
Methods and apparatuses of detecting foreign particles or faults in a plurality of filled containers
A method of detecting unwanted objects or faults in containers containing a fluid or liquid includes: (a) moving the containers along a path of travel; (b) providing; a light source emitting light...
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7545972 |
Test tube type discrimination apparatus
A test tube type discrimination apparatus includes first and second electronic cameras which pick up images of a plurality of test tubes. The first electronic camera picks up an image from an...
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7474788 |
Method and system for enhancing image resolution using a modification vector
An image processing system. An input/output device receives information for pixels in an image corresponding to an object, wherein the information specifies optical properties. A storage device...
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7399983 |
Quality inspection method and quality inspection device
In an inspection for protrusion of the melted thermoplastic material of transversal line seal into inside, it is an object to provide a quality inspection method and a quality inspection device...
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7369237 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing system
It is an object of the present invention to provide a substrate processing apparatus, comprising a housing body mounting unit that is capable of mounting a plurality of housing bodies which can...
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7340086 |
Inspection method and device
An inspection device and a method of checking on correct functioning of the inspection process of containers such as bottles, cans or the like, where a container to be inspected is detected...
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7336814 |
Method and apparatus for machine-vision
A system and method facilitate machine-vision, for example three-dimensional pose estimation for target objects, using one or more images sensors to acquire images of the target object at one or...
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7331152 |
Beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement
A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles having a beverage bottle orientation and positioning arrangement. The orientation and positioning arrangement includes the use of cameras, and...
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7330251 |
Method and apparatus for producing reference image in glass bottle inspecting apparatus
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for producing a reference image (template) used in a glass bottle inspecting apparatus for detecting a defect at a specific location of a...
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7321679 |
Machine for inspecting glass bottles
A glass container inspection machine is disclosed for inspecting glass stippled bottles for defects. Stippled bottles are supported at an inspection station and are illuminated with a light source....
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7265662 |
Apparatus and method for inspecting containers
This invention relates to an integrated apparatus and method for inspection of a container adapted to hold a pressurized gas. The integrated apparatus comprises (i) an imaging device configured to...
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7256389 |
Glass bottle inspection machine
A camera based inspection system for inspecting glass bottles made in a glass-forming machine. A single picture shows the heat distribution of an inspected portion of the bottle over a period of...
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7245757 |
Method and device for detecting container movement
A method and a device for detecting containers, e.g. bottles of glass or plastics, or cans made of metal, wood, glass or plastics, which for recycling of materials thereof or reuse thereof are...
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7142707 |
Automated inspection of packaging materials for package integrity
An apparatus in one example comprises a computer component that receives one or more images of one or more packaging materials from one or more imaging components. The computer component employs an...
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7120284 |
Container inspection machine
An L.E.D. matrix light source illuminates a bottle at an inspection machine. A vertically periodic intensity pattern is defined to facilitate the identification of defects. The L.E.D. that locates...
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7116814 |
Image-based container defects detector
The image-based container defects detector consists of a plurality of camera units, a sensor unit, a frame grabber, and an image recognizer unit. The sensor unit serves to detect the vehicles...
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7110590 |
Method and return vending machine device for handling empty beverage containers
The method of handling an empty beverage container having a bottom end and a mouth region and includes moving the container, from a return vending machine inlet, in a direction towards an outlet...
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6993176 |
Method and device for imaging liquid-filled container
The present invention is a method and an apparatus for imaging a liquid-filling container in which a light emitting unit is provided for emitting and irradiating light onto the container and a...
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6973207 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting distorted patterns
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for training a system to inspect a spatially distorted pattern. A digitized image of an object, including a region of interest, is received. The...
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6912303 |
Method for testing the reliability of a testing apparatus, especially an empty bottle inspector
To test the reliability of a testing apparatus which tests a large number of objects of the same type for one feature, generates a feature signal for each object and checks the feature signal for...
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6848271 |
Automated method and device for manufacturing a glass blown object
The invention concerns an automated method for producing a blown glass body, in particular a glass wall of an electrochemical sensor, wherein an immersion tube ( 10 ), through which air or gas can...
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6801649 |
Method and apparatus for determining a reference point of a bottle bottom in an image
An efficient and reliable method and apparatus is disclosed that finds a reference point of an object profile within an image when the object is of an unknown size. The object profile is modeled...
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6782122 |
Apparatus for measuring height of a liquid in a container using area image pattern recognition techniques
This disclosure is directed to apparatus for measuring height of a surface of liquid in a container utilizing a light source and camera pair disposed above the liquid surface in a predetermined...
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6757420 |
Inspection device for packages
The invention is concerned with the problem of providing an automatic inspection device, with which it is possible to determine, with little effort and without contact, whether packages,...
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6732921 |
System for managing a large number of reusable and returnable containers and code especially useful for this purpose
In the system for managing a large number of reusable multi-trip receptacles each of which is marked by a code in an identifiable manner, the multi-trip receptacles are used in a number of cycles...
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6661911 |
Automatic inspecting apparatus by image processing
An automatic inspecting apparatus has a function for generating a discharge signal for discharging a defective object at a predetermined position. The automatic inspecting apparatus comprises an...
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6525333 |
System and method for inspecting containers with openings with pipeline image processing
A system and method of the present invention allows the inspection of an object having an annular opening, such as a container or can, and uses a plurality of cameras that acquire grayscale images...
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6483936 |
Monitor pattern for photolithography
A monitor pattern for photolithography according to the invention includes a concave quadrangular sub-pattern and a scale sub-pattern. The concave quadrangular sub-pattern has a pair of equal...
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6275603 |
Method and apparatus for detecting glass particles in glass bottles filled with beer
This invention provides a method and apparatus (100) for detecting small glass particles (12) in bottles (1) filled with beer (10). The beer (10) is caused to rotate with respect to the bottle (1),...
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6226081 |
Optical height of fill detection system and associated methods
The height-of-fill of a container comprising a body having an optically detectable feature, and contents filling the body up to a fill level, at least a measuring portion of the container extending...
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6154274 |
Lens inspection system
A system for inspecting ophthalmic lenses and including transport, illumination, imaging and image processing subsystems. The transport system moves a multitude of ophthalmic lenses along a...
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6137900 |
Method and device for detecting liquid containers
In a reverse vending apparatus for detecting containers, e.g., bottles of glass or plastic, or packaging made of metal, wood, glass or plastic which for the recycling of materials or reuse of the...
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6134343 |
System or method for detecting defect within a semi-opaque enclosure
A method and system detect for the presence of a defect or a non-conforming object of unknown shape, configuration, and location within a semi-opaque enclosure. The semi-opaque enclosure has a...
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6122048 |
Integral field lens illumination for video inspection
A video inspection system is provided wherein light from a light source is directed through a field lens. The field lens directs the incident light first in the direction of an object under...
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6049379 |
Method for inspecting translucent objects using imaging techniques
A method is disclosed for detecting flaws in translucent objects. An image generating device is used to form an image of the object. A target area and a control area of the image are then compared...
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6028302 |
Transparent container relief indiciae scanning system
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6025910 |
Object inspection method utilizing a corrected image to find unknown characteristic
A bottle inspection method is provided which is capable of compensating for random variations in the orientation and position of objects being inspected, such as glass bottles on a conveyor. The...
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5935285 |
Method for inspecting manufactured articles
A method is disclosed for detecting the cycling of a manufacturing machine, such as a bottle manufacturing machine, without the need for a mechanical detection device. An imaging device, which may...
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5926556 |
Systems and methods for identifying a molded container
Systems and methods of operation thereof for identifying containers handled by a container handling apparatus. Each container has a portion that includes one of a plurality of identifying patterns....
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5845002 |
Method and apparatus for detecting surface features of translucent objects
The topographic surface features of a translucent object, such as a citrus fruit with a peel, are scanned and evaluated to permit the classification thereof according to its surface features. In...
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5734467 |
Inspection apparatus for high temperature environments
A bottle inspection method is provided which is capable of compensating for random variations in the orientation and position of objects being inspected, such as glass bottles on a conveyor. The...
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5717781 |
Ophthalmic lens inspection method and apparatus
Disclosed is an ophthalmic lens inspection method and apparatus comprising a camera to capture an image of an ophthalmic lens which has been illuminated by a light source. Location and intensity at...
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5717486 |
Process for removing returnable containers from circulation utilizing image processing of brightness values for inspection windows
To detect damage in the bottom region of a plastic bottle a picture of the bottom region is taken by means of a camera. The resulting image is then tested for brightness pixel by pixel in a...
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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...
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5661819 |
Cylindrical container inner surface tester having compensation for measurements made at oblique angles
A corner area between the bottom and the side of a cylindrical container is set as a test area. An objective lens of a TV camera is mounted to form a predetermined angle with the central axis of...
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5608815 |
Device for testing an image of a test object
An image testing device captures an image of a test object using a TV camera and raster-scans the image to search the test object for a scratch or spot. The device protects its test precision from...
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5592286 |
Container flange inspection system using an annular lens
The present invention provides a machine vision inspection system for inspecting the flanges of metal containers that can reliably detect flange defects as small as 0.010 to 0.012 inches. The...
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5585917 |
Method and apparatus for checking containers
A method of and apparatus for determining whether kegs, which are to be cleaned and filled on a bottling plant production line, have physical distortions which may prevent cleaning and/or filling...
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5570431 |
Process and apparatus for automatically characterizing, optimizing and checking a crack detection analysis method
Quantitative characterization of a crack detection analysis method is achieved by determining the detection sensitivity and background noise produced by the analysis method by suitably processing...
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