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| 7359545 | Method and system to compensate for lamp intensity differences in a photolithographic inspection tool An after develop inspection tool considers tool-to-tool variability when determining confidence score for wafers under inspection. A golden wafer is used to calculate a RGB signature as well as the slope of the individual RGB curves for different lamp intensities. T... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355140 | Method of and apparatus for multi-stage sorting of glass cullets A method and system for sorting different colored objects, preferably glass cullets, into separate groups of same colored objects comprising a plurality of sorting devices for receiving an input feed of different colored objects and sorting the different colored obj... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351929 | Method of and apparatus for high speed, high quality, contaminant removal and color sorting of glass cullet A system for sorting a mixed stream of different colored cullet into separate groups of same colored cullet comprises a light emitting source for transmitting light, such as white light, through a cullet, and a camera having a plurality of pixels for receiving light... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346411 | Automatic control and monitoring system for splice overlapping tolerance in textile ply The present system enables the monitoring and automatic control of the tolerance in splice overlap of textile play , though the identification of the overlap area, identification and counting of textile cords in the overlap area, and the generation of a control sign... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7233398 | Colorimeter measured value control system and colorimeter measured value control method thereof, and a color control information providing system and a color control information providing method thereof A colorimeter measured value control system for controlling the measured values of plural colorimeters, including: a plurality of terminal apparatuses, each arranged for each base, having transmission section for transmitting the measured values of a color sample me... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7145595 | Image processing and inspection system An image processing and inspection system includes a master device (10) having a video camera (40) and a first controller (20) responsible for processing and inspecting the image of an object (1) in accordance with inspection criteria. In... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7110613 | Image processing apparatus and image pickup device Information of light from a subject is converted into information of the electric charges to generate image data for one screen in an image pickup device, the image data is outputted to an image processing LSI, only the image data belonging to a plurality of areas i... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7079681 | Image quality analysis method and system for a display device using fractal dimension An image quality analysis method and an image quality analysis system for a display device are provided. The image quality analysis method for a display device includes the steps of outputting an image pattern for analysis of an image quality of the display device, ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077064 | Methods for measurement and control of ink concentration and film thickness A process is disclosed to measure or monitor ink concentration or ink thickness of an ink film as printed on a printing press, which consists of measuring light reflected from the ink film and the ink substrate. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7061522 | Optical fiber fusion-splicer In an optical fiber observing image processing apparatus, at least two different capturing modes is provided in an image capturing means for capturing image data from two or more television cameras, so that, by automatically switching capturing modes in synchronous ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7023480 | Aligned mounting of a photodetector array in a color splitting prism A joining construction is described for mounting the CCD cells of a color line camera on a color splitting prism (30) attached to a prism housing (2) for each CCD cell (6, 7, 8) attached by a first glue joint (13), to its fastening elemen... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7017492 | Coordinating the functioning of a color control system and a defect detection system for a printing press A method of coordinating the utilization of a color control system and a defect detection system on a printing press includes acquiring image data and processing the data by a comparison to template image data and the generation of color error data and print defect ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6959111 | Computer color-matching apparatus and paint color-matching method using the apparatus A computer color-matching apparatus includes a colorimeter, a micro-brilliance-feeling measuring device, and a computer in which a plurality of paint blends, color data and micro-brilliance-feeling data corresponding to each of the paint blends, and the color charac... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6950109 | Multi-spectral color correction A system and method for performing color correction based on physical measurements (or estimations) of color component spectra (e.g. red, green, blue color component spectra). A color correction system may comprise a spectrum sensing device, a color calibration proc... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6847394 | Video inspection device An inspection apparatus adapted for use in motor vehicle maintenance and repair is disclosed. A sensor, such as a video camera, is coupled by an elongated, flexible shaft to a self-contained, handheld power source. A source of illumination is mounted near the sensor... | 01/25/2005 |
| 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 and/or the surface. In a second step, these parameters are co... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6426770 | Apparatus for inspecting face plate for color CRT A vacuum box, having a pair of soft X-ray windows for passing a soft X-ray generated by a soft X-ray source therethrough, is disposed in front of the soft X-ray source. A face plate for a color CRT is disposed at a rear side of the vacuum box. A color cam... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6124884 | Apparatus for and method of measuring image qualities of color display unit An apparatus for measuring image qualities of a color display unit includes a color video camera for imaging a display screen of a first color display unit, a central processing unit for measuring image qualities of the display screen of the first color d... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5970167 | Integrated circuit failure analysis using color voltage contrast A method and apparatus for analyzing failures in integrated circuits. A first image is obtained using an emission or electron microscope while an integrated circuit is operating under a first set of conditions. The image is integrated for improved resolut... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5956080 | Printing face inspecting apparatus A printing face inspecting apparatus comprising an illuminating device for illuminating a printing face of an object to be inspected and a plurality of image pickup devices for taking pictures of reflection light from the printing face. The image pickup d... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5917541 | Color sense measuring device An input section of a color sense measuring device includes a solid-state camera image-sensing an object to be measured and a frame memory storing output information from the solid-state camera. The output information of the solid-state camera read out of... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5745168 | Hole-size measuring system for CRT black matrix layer A hole-size measuring system that enables measurement of the size of individual holes of a black matrix layer of a CRT. This system includes an imaging device for producing an enlarged image of holes of a black matrix layer, and an image processor for ele... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5441047 | Ambulatory patient health monitoring techniques utilizing interactive visual communication An ambulatory (in the home) patient health monitoring system is disclosed wherein the patient is monitored by a health care worker at a central station, while the patient is at a remote location. The patient may be a person having a specific medical condi... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5315384 | Color line scan video camera for inspection system A color line scan video camera (50) for inspecting articles (18) includes a prismatic beam splitter arrangement (52) that receives a wide spectrum of visible light from a variable magnification objective lens arrangement (54) to provide improved multi-col... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5249045 | Apparatus and methods for automated observation of three-dimensional objects 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 television camera, is employed to scan an image field and generate ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5221920 | Method for determining color tolerancing of displays A method for manufacturing displays including a method for determining color tolerances for the displays is set forth. The method comprises the the steps of (i) comparing the display color space data to reference data generally adapted to the size and spa... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5058174 | System and method for generating a pattern from an image A method and apparatus for generating a pattern for making rugs corresponding to a predefined image. The predefined image is scanned by a video camera to generate a video image corresponding to the predefined image. A frame grabber captures one frame of t... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4797738 | Color recognition apparatus A color recognition apparatus according to the present invention is arranged so that assigned color differences and brightness signals are separated from a video signal, and these separated signals are determined according to the upper and lower limit val... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4790022 | Method and apparatus for detecting colored regions, and method and apparatus for articles thereby A method of color detection, in which electrical signals derived from two quantities, preferably orthogonal quantities, for example (R-L) and (B-L) are digitized. A time-shift is applied to the signals, either before or after digitization, and a differenc... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4725879 | Chroma responsive inspection apparatus selectively producing analog voltage levels based on the luminance, the phase of the chrominance subcarrier, or the amplitude of the chrominance subcarrier An inspection apparatus is arranged to respond, selectively, at the option of the operator, to either the hue component of the composite color signal, the saturation component of the composite video signal or the intensity or luminance component of the co... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4590511 | Circuit for converting the phase encoded hue information of a quadrature modulated color subcarrier into distinct analog voltage levels In combination: apparatus isolating the chroma information from a quadrature modulated color subcarrier video signal; and apparatus transforming said chroma information into an analog voltage having distinguishable levels uniquely representative of distin... | 05/20/1986 |
| 4547897 | Image processing for part inspection Apparatus for use with black and white processing systems to detect and identify color as observed by a color television camera including a chromakeyer which is set to select a particular color and submit this as part of the information to the image proce... | 10/15/1985 |
