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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7675615 | Image-based fiber length measurements from tapered beards An image-based method and corresponding apparatus for measuring, in scientifically basic terms, the complete fiber length distribution from a tapered beard. The method may be referred to as length by image analysis (Li). A calibration method is also discl... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7345756 | Image-based fiber length measurements from tapered beards An image-based method and corresponding apparatus for measuring, in scientifically basic terms, the complete fiber length distribution from a tapered beard. The method may be referred to as length by image analysis (Li). ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335847 | Method and apparatus for foreign-body separation from a material flow Method and apparatus for the separation of foreign bodies from a material flow, in particular a tobacco stream. Method is characterized in that at least a portion of the material from the material flow is conveyed into the area of a foreign-body detection device in ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7292340 | Procedure for detecting and classifying impurities in longitudinally moving textile inspection material The invention relates to a method for detecting and classifying foreign material in an inspection lot of textile fibers that is moved lengthwise. The aim of the invention is to allow for the simultaneous inspection of the inspection lot with regard to a plurality of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7230696 | Calibration of instruments for measuring the permeability of a material A system that calibrates instruments for measuring the light or air permeability of a material, and includes a calibration target which can be used for calibration of either light-based or air-based instruments. The calibration target simulates the material whose pe... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224447 | System and method for measuring the permeability of a material A system for measuring the permeability of a material includes a light source for illuminating the material, and a stray light sensor for detecting stray light traveling through the material from the light source and outputting a stray light signal indicative of the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190466 | Inspection device of a tape reel An inspection device of a tape reel comprises a first inspection device 10 consisting of a light projector 11, a mirror 12, and a light receiver 13, a second inspection device 20 consisting of a light projector 21, a mirror ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7102745 | Automated optical inspection of wire-wrapped well screens Methods and systems for automatically inspecting a wire-wrapped well screen are provided. A camera may capture an image of a portion of the screen including at least two facing edge portions of adjacent wraps of wire defining a slot therebetween. A thickness of the ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7038779 | System and method for sensing variations in a strand A system for monitoring production of uniform strands, such as medical sutures, utilizes a measurement head through which the strand passes. The measurement head includes a plurality of light beams illuminating a corresponding number of sensors. The light beams all ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7004421 | Inspection device of winding appearance of tape and improvement processing method for the same To provide a winding appearance inspection device of a tape capable of gathering a line speed in an inspection process, as well as capable of inspecting a winding appearance of the tape wound on a roll body core, even in a reel having a flange formed in a roll body ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6967721 | Method and device for non-invasively optically determining bulk density and uniformity of web configured material during in-line processing Method and device for non-invasively optically determining bulk density and uniformity of web material during in-line processing, by measuring and analyzing light scattered by volume segments of transported web material. Influence of process operating parameters of ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6928335 | Device for optimizing fabrics based on measured thread data and optimization method An apparatus for optimizing actual woven fabrics on the basis of measured yarn data has at least one measuring device for measuring the yarn diameter, a structure input device for inputting and freely changing definable structures, a device for controlling the measu... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6925196 | Method and system for product selection A method and system for guiding consumers through a sophisticated evaluation process for selecting a product that satisfies desired aesthetic and physical objectives. An embodiment of the method and system enables a consumer from his/her home to select a fabric by s... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912048 | Method and device for identifying foreign bodies in a textile material In a method and a device for identifying foreign bodies in a base textile material, the base textile material is subjected to beams and the beams reflected on the base material are detected and converted into an electrical signal. In order to detect foreign bodies i... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6842258 | Method of measuring the geometry of grooves in an elongated element The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for measuring the geometry of grooves in an elongated element, which grooves (2) extend as continuous grooves over the whole length of the elongated element (1), circling around the element, in which... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6804381 | Method of and device for inspecting images to detect defects The present invention relates to a method for automated defect detection in textured materials. The present invention utilizes linear Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filters with optimized energy separation. Specifically, the invention provides a method of inspecting ... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6798506 | Method and device for detecting impurities in a longitudinally moving thread-like product A first parameter is detected on a fast moving strip or yarn with a wave field, and a first signal indicating potentially present contaminants or impurities is generated. This first parameter preferably detects reflection properties that can be detected on the surfa... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6771365 | Method and device for detecting foreign matter in a fibre assembly which is moved lengthwise The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting foreign matter in a fibre composite moving in the longitudinal direction and consisting substantially of wool or cotton fibres. To provide an improved, easier and rapid method of detecting polypropylene in... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6760102 | Method and apparatus for continuous detection and localization of yarn defects in a yarn sheet traveling in a plane To detect yarn defects such as protruding filaments, broken filaments, ringers, fuzzballs, stripbacks and the like, a yarn sheet 9 traveling in a plane is scanned by light beams from at least two light barriers 10, 11. When a yarn defect interrupts the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753965 | Defect detection system for quality assurance using automated visual inspection A defect detection method and system for the automated visual inspection of web materials is provided. The invention utilize real Gabor function (RGF) filters with a non-linear function for estimating the local energy. An example method for quality assurance using a... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6744498 | Method and device for the optical detection of foreign fibers and other impurities in a longitudinally traveling yarn Yarn impurities are detectable by a method and device wherein a first diameterdependent signal is obtained in a first measurement of a linearly traveling yarn, the intensity of the light for a second measurement is set as a function of the first signal to compensate... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6670627 | Apparatus and method for continuous surface examination comprising a light shielding member at outer ends of the examined surface A surface examining apparatus irradiates an examinatorial light from a projector on a examined body that runs in a Z-direction. The projector is arranged at a distance from the surface of the examined body in a Y-direction orthogonal to the surface thereo... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6633383 | Method and apparatus for the automated inspection of yarn packages A filament inspection method for detecting abnormalities in a wound yarn package includes illuminating the yarn package while sensing and recording an image of the illuminated yarn package. The method further includes evaluating the recorded image in acco... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6580813 | Method and apparatus for detecting residual yarn on spinning cop tubes A method and apparatus of detecting residual yarn on spinning cop tubes, wherein a spinning cop tube is exposed to a suitable light source; the light reflected by the spinning cop tube is detected by a suitable means, e.g., via a camera or other picture-t... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6538252 | Method and device for determining the alignment of line formations in areal, especially longitudinally moved, webs of a structural formed body In a method for determining alignment of line formations of a web, a radiation source emitting radiation and a detector with numerous radiation sensors for sensing the radiation are provided. The radiation source and the detector are reciprocated together... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6521906 | Method and apparatus for measuring the distortion angle of a strip of textile, wherein a sensor array scans at progressively altered angles Method of measuring a distortion angle between the longitudinal extent of the weft threads or rows of stitches in a textile strip (T) that is being continuously transported in a transporting apparatus (M) and the perpendicular to the transport direction, ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6510734 | Method of assessing the effects of yarn defects on textile fabrics The invention relates to a method for assessing the effect of yarn defects on textile fabrics, which are to be produced from a given yarn, by simulating an image of the fabric. So that assessment of simulated textile fabrics may be carried out with greate... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6462820 | Operator-free fabric web inspection system A moving fabric web vision inspection system. The apparatus includes at least two electronic cameras on one side of the moving fabric web for measuring the light intensity of a predetermined area of the moving fabric web. A high frequency, backlight, cont... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6449008 | Yarn monitoring Interlaced or twisted yarn is passed between an optical transmitter and receiver to produce an original signal which varies in response to the changes in dimension of the yarn. Such original signal is compared using cross-correlation with an expected sign... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6429944 | Process and device for determining the thickness transverse profile and thickness longitudinal profile of a running strip of material A process for the determination of the thickness transverse profile and the thickness longitudinal profile of a running material strip. The process includes (a) determining the strip thicknesses in at least two measuring areas, (b) determining the longitu... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6380548 | Method and device for detecting foreign matter in longitudinally traveling yarn A method and device for detecting foreign bodies in longitudinally traveling yarn (1), wherein light is directed on the yarn (1) and is reflected by its surface. Light reflected by the yarn (1) is detected by a sensor and is converted into signals. Subseq... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6307953 | System for electronically evaluating yarn or fabric samples cell by cell A method for electronically evaluating yarn or fabric samples by delineating a given sample into one or more cells and comparing the cells to each other or to one or more reference cells.... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6303938 | Method and device for detection of untextured yarn sections in textured filament yarns A method for detecting untextured or defectively textured yarn segments in textured filament yarns during the texturing process, in which the textured yarn is continuously measured by the measurement, conditioning and evaluation of high-frequency measurem... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6297514 | Installation for the quality control of yarn bobbins Installation for the quality control of yarn bobbins, said installation comprising one or a plurality of quality control machines (2) which are associated to a system (5) for transporting the bobbins (7) onto supports (6), with stops for inspection purpos... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6236429 | Visualization system and method for a web inspection assembly A web inspection apparatus (20) and method for use in identifying surface anomalies (26) on a moving material web (21) including a scanning device (22) and data processing circuitry (23) for monitoring and analyzing the output data of the scanning device ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6226088 | Optical web defect detection system An optical web defect detection system includes a light source, a detector disposed with respect to the light source so that the detector receives light modulated by the web, and a control mechanism in operative communication with the detector. The contro... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6219135 | Device for optically recording, digitally, a parameter on a longitudinally moved thread-type material The invention relates to a device and a method for the optical recording of at least one parameter on a longitudinally moved thread-type material. To enable parameters such as the diameter of a thread-type material, the diameter of a yarn package, the hai... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6219136 | Digital signal processor knitting scanner A digital signal processor system is provided which detects defect in tubular knit fabric. The signal processor system is attached to a circular knitting machine or the like and utilizes a fiber optic scanning head for obtaining light reflectance data fro... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6130746 | System and method for electronically evaluating predicted fabric qualities A system or method for electronically simulating fabrics to assist in grading yarn and fabric qualities, in which the diameter or other qualities of one or more yarn samples along the total length of the samples is measured, and representations of the mea... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6084681 | Optical web defect detection system An optical web defect detection system includes a light source and a detector disposed with respect to the light source so that the detector receives light modulated by a web moving proximate the light source. The detector outputs a signal corresponding t... | 07/04/2000 |
