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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164625 | Device and method for visually recording two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects A device for visually recording two-dimensional or three-dimensional objects, which comprises a camera for recording images of the two-dimensional or three-dimensional object and which is provided with, can be connected to or is connected to at least one evaluation ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7940298 | Delayed petroleum coking vessel inspection device and method This invention comprises a system and a method for inspecting the inside of delayed petroleum coking vessels to determine deformations, detect and determine the severity of other defects and visually observe the inside of the inspected vessel. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7847819 | Measurement system for evaluating moving image quality of displays A system is disclosed, which comprises a rotatable mirror 2, a camera 3 for taking an image of a screen 5 through the mirror 2, a photodetector 4 having a detection range covering a part of the screen 5, and a control sectio... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7440608 | Method and system for detecting image defects An exemplary method includes identifying defects in a first image among a series of images, by identifying a first portion of the first image at a first location in the first image, wherein a brightness of the first portion is different from a second portion at the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436992 | Methods and apparatus for testing a component A method for inspecting a component. The method includes generating a scan plan of a component to be inspected, coupling a side-mount probe to an eddy current inspection system, inducing an eddy current into the component, measuring the eddy current in the component... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7425982 | Method and apparatus for resampling line scan data A method and an apparatus to accept line-scan data sets at a camera rate from a line-scan camera and resample the line-scan data sets to produce resampled line image data sets at a desired sampling distance. Each line-scan data set is of an object imaged for a fixed... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424146 | Defect inspection method The present invention relates to a defect detection or observation method that detects fine defects in the course of defect inspection and observation, does not detect locations not constituting defects, or classifies a defect candidate as a grain phenomenon or othe... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417243 | High-sensitivity optical scanning using memory integration An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspec... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7408570 | Web inspection system A web inspection system provides detection of web flaws along the machine direction and cross direction of a web. The detectable percent contrast between good web material and bad web material in one embodiment approaches noise level. The web inspection system utili... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409080 | Inspection method of electric part An inspection apparatus of an electric junction box is provided, by which improper mounting of electric parts can be detected. The inspection apparatus 1 has a CCD camera 5, an image-processing device 7 and a control device 8. The CCD cam... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408569 | Image processing device, image processing method and recording medium The present invention provides an image processing device, an image processing method, and a recording medium that enable various defect portions to be accurately corrected. R, G, B, and IR are respectively read in an image recorded on a photographic film and transv... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7379580 | Method for detecting defects A method for inspecting a substrate for defects, including: (a) obtaining an inspected pixel and a reference pixel; (b) calculating an inspected value and a reference value, the inspected value representative of the inspected pixel and the reference value representa... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 monochromatic light source optically backlights a food stream with sourc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360348 | Method for controlling manufacture of a sheet material A sorting and conveying line provided at an X-ray film cutting and collection operation includes a defective sheet gate, a collection gate and a sample gate for sorting X-ray film sheets, which have been cut to a predetermined size at a cutting section, while the X-... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7340084 | Quality assessment of product in bulk flow A method is disclosed for generating data relating to the quality of product in a bulk stream product during its passage through a monitoring station. An inspection of at least a portion of product in the monitoring station is conducted at intervals while the stream... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7324704 | Method of repairing scratches in digital images A method of repairing scratches in a digital image includes counting the number of abnormal pixels among neighboring pixels of a selected pixel. The selected pixels that are surrounded by abnormal pixels in a number greater than a predetermined value are designed as... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314403 | Apparatus and method for fabricating liquid crystal display panel An apparatus and method for fabricating a liquid crystal display panel are disclosed. In case of the single mode that liquid crystal display panels are fabricated with the same size on a large glass substrate, unit liquid crystal display panels are kept and discarde... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7305115 | Method and system for improving ability of a machine vision system to discriminate features of a target A method and system is disclosed to improve the ability of a machine vision system to distinguish desired features of a target by taking images of the target under different one or more lighting conditions and using image analysis to extract information of interest ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7274812 | Image processing device and method In an image processing device capable of collectively estimating an object based upon results of plural times of inspection, regions (1(1)) and (1(2)) to be photographed are defined on opposite end portions of an object (w). When an image... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272253 | Method for non-destructive inspection, apparatus thereof and digital camera system An image input can be executed without any influence of physical conditions of an inspection object and environment such as installation area by utilizing a cordless type image pickup apparatus in the excellent portability combining a lighting apparatus to a digital... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7260244 | Print inspection method and print inspection apparatus A method of inspecting a defect on a surface of a printed matter includes a step of applying a gray scale erosion filter to a non-defect surface of a printed matter to prepare a gray scale erosion filter applied image and then adding a predetermined density value to... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257247 | Mask defect analysis system An automated system for analyzing mask defects in a semiconductor manufacturing process is presented. This system combines results from an inspection tool and design layout data from a design data repository corresponding to each mask layer being inspected with a co... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7235924 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel that is capable of improving a contrast as well as reducing the power consumption. In the plasma display panel, a distance between the sustaining electrode pair at a display region is different from that a non-display region. A width of the ba... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7224834 | Computer system for relieving fatigue A computer system for relieving an operator's fatigue includes an input device, an image processing circuit, a fatigue determination circuit, and an information generator circuit. The computer system also includes an output device, a response information storage dev... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218769 | Image data management system and computer-readable recording medium A control unit of an image data management system receives image information and information regarding the image information, which are associated with each other, from an image photographing device via a communication unit, and stores the received information in a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7199816 | Device and method for picking up image of component, and component mounting apparatus An image pickup camera is arranged, so that a plurality of components are adapted to be sequentially imaged by corresponding image pickup device with a timing whereby light for imaging is prevented from affecting the other image pickup operation while the components... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196728 | Method and apparatus for displaying images in combination with taking images An imaging apparatus. The apparatus includes a display mechanism for displaying an image. The apparatus includes a camera mechanism distributed throughout the display mechanism to take images of objects in view of the display mechanism. A screen. The screen includes... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7181059 | Apparatus and methods for the inspection of objects A method for inspecting electrical circuits, and a system for carrying out the method, generating a representation of boundaries of elements in an image of an electrical circuit which is under inspection, and analyzing at least some locations of at least some bounda... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7162072 | Semiconductor processing device, semiconductor processing system and semiconductor processing management method A semiconductor processing device includes a processing section to process a semiconductor substrate in accordance with job information which is used to process the semiconductor substrate. An imaging section takes an image of a processed portion of the semiconducto... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162073 | Methods and apparatuses for detecting classifying and measuring spot defects in an image of an object A method is provided for detecting spot defects on an object when an allowable variation (called the “background”) in the appearance of the object can be modeled. Methods are also provided for measuring and classifying detected spot defects. An alignment model i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7145162 | Wire loop height measurement apparatus and method The invention provides a method and an apparatus for determining a height of a point on a wire loop. A height gauge device is positioned over the point on the wire loop to be measured. Incident light is projected from the height gauge device for illuminating the poi... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129509 | High-sensitivity optical scanning using memory integration An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspec... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7116817 | Method and apparatus for inspecting a semiconductor device A method and apparatus for inspecting a wafer in which a focused charged particle beam is irradiated onto a surface of a wafer on which patterns are formed through a semiconductor device fabrication process, a secondary charged particle image of a desired area of th... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 thereof. Through use of the method there is detected by means of a vide... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110104 | Panel inspection apparatus A panel inspection apparatus inspecting a display panel, including: a panel supporting table supporting the panel; a plurality of cameras installed being spaced from the panel supporting table and photographing the panel supported by the panel supporting table; and ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7103208 | Detecting and classifying blemishes on the transmissive surface of an image sensor package A method for determining blemishes in or on the transmissive surface of an image sensor package and determining if such blemishes are acceptable for use of the image sensor package including capturing a digital image of a predetermined scene using the image sensor p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7065238 | Defect inspection method and defect inspection equipment Transforming optical images of a portion including a normal conductor pattern having a surface roughness, a portion subjected to an inspection, and a reference portion to images of electric charges and picking up these as electric signals by an image pick-up device,... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063425 | Color wheel A color wheel includes a carrier having a carrier surface, a color filter plate unit mounted coaxially on the carrier surface and having at least one first through hole, a press cover for covering the color filter plate unit, and a fixing unit. The press cover has a... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7061701 | Color wheel A color wheel includes a motor, a covering element and a color filter. In this case, the motor has a housing and a motor body. The motor body has a central axis and the housing is set at one side of the motor body. The housing has a surface, which is opposite to the... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7027637 | Adaptive threshold determination for ball grid array component modeling A method for determining a number of balls in a projection space comprises determining a projection of a portion of a ball grid array, determining at least one local maximum of the projection space for a given threshold, and determining at least a distance between a... | 04/11/2006 |
