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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135206 | Machine for inspecting glass containers A machine for inspecting glass containers rotating at an inspection station. A camera images an area of interest on the glass container (the finish for example) and the area is imaged at angular increments. An anomalous object is analyzed in each image and the devia... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8041102 | Tablet storage and take-out apparatus A tablet storing/retrieving device which stores a plurality of kinds of medicines, and delivers as many tablets of such descriptions as designated by prescription data into a vial (3) and retrieves it. An imaging device (400) is provided for photograph... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036444 | Method and system for irradiating and inspecting liquid-carrying containers A method and system of irradiating a liquid-carrying container for inspection, including rotating the container, its contents or both around a rotation axis and irradiating the container with an electromagnetic radiation beam, wherein the irradiated cross-section of... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7995831 | Prescription bottle imaging system and method The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill camera... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7876951 | Machine for inspecting glass containers A machine for inspecting the finish of a glass container rotating at an inspection station. A pair of light sources, which are repeatedly turned on and off, have horizontal light axes which are orthogonally related and intersect the container axis. The light sources... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7693323 | Multi-detector defect detection system and a method for detecting defects A method for inspecting a substrate for defects, including: A method for inspecting a substrate for defects, the method including the steps of: (i) obtaining at least two wafer element detection signal; each wafer element detection signal reflects light scattered to... | 04/06/2010 |
| 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 opening of each of the test tubes, and the second electronic camera picks ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 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 which can easily detect projection on edge of seal, securely capture eve... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 house a plurality of substrates, a processing apparatus main body for pr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355694 | Method and apparatus for measuring a particle diameter of foam on a malt alcoholic drink A method and apparatus for measuring the particle diameter of foam on a malt alcoholic drink, which can detennine the quality of the foam of the malt alcoholic drink objectively, are provided. The apparatus for measuring the particle diameter of foam on a malt alcoh... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 optically at least in part, and the image data thus detected is analyzed wit... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 more positions, and to identify features of the target object in the re... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 an evaluation and control system. A first camera is configured and d... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 bottle-mouth portion and the like of a glass bottle, and used for being ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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. The stippled bottle is imaged a pixel matrix with the pixels of the ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 obtain image data corresponding to the container and to transmit the ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260177 | X-ray inspection apparatus An X-ray inspection apparatus is disclosed. An inside area defining unit defines an area inside the rim of the can in an X-ray image created by an image formation unit. An extension area defining unit rotates a circle such that the circle externally touches the abov... | 08/21/2007 |
| 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 time whereby the operator will see a loss of stability in the glass pro... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253892 | Method and apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a plastic container A method for measuring the wall thickness of plastic containers during a container manufacturing process includes providing a plastic container, the plastic container having a longitudinal axis and at least two side walls spaced radially from the longitudinal axis. ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 moved in a lying posture and with their axis parallel to direction of tra... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7235787 | Method and apparatus for performing measurements on packaging for a fluid product The present invention provides a device and a method for performing measurements on packagings, in particular packagings which are at least slightly worn on otherwise to a greater or lesser extent opaque to visible light, which are filled with a liquid product, wher... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7227166 | System and method for associating container defect information to a specific path of manufacturing This application relates to an apparatus and method for automated inspection of formed metal containers. More specifically, it pertains to the use of machine vision systems to identify and correlate manufacturing defects occurring in formed food and beverage contain... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7209575 | Method for visual inspection of printed matter on moving lids A method for visual inspection of printed matter on moving lids is disclosed. An associated visual inspection system is also disclosed. ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 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 analysis of the one or more images to make a determination of a pack... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 the top of the bottle is identified and a peak of the pattern is loca... | 10/10/2006 |
| 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 entering the inspection station, and transmit a signal to the frame grabbe... | 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 |
| 7106889 | Image analysis systems and devices for use therewith An image analysis system for automated reading of printed multi-character codes, for example on antibiotic susceptibility testing disks, makes use of an orientation means, for example an underline printed beneath the code, to bring the code or its image into canonic... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7078698 | Specimen sensing apparatus A specimen sensing apparatus according to the present invention includes a specimen container which is vertically positioned by a container holder of a columnar rack type and conveyed by a belt conveyor, an infrared CCD camera configured to pick up an infrared image... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7009697 | Method of monitoring closures on containers Method of optical inspection of closures on containers in which the outer edge of a closure is illuminated obliquely from above over the full circumference, and a photograph of the top side of the closure is made perpendicularly from above, and this photograph is us... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 light receiving unit is provided for receiving the light transmitted thro... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6980249 | Wide-field extended-depth doubly telecentric catadioptric optical system for digital imaging Focused imaging of constant size and resolution over a wide range of distances and a wide field of view in object space is provided by a doubly telecentric catadioptric optical system including an external limiting aperture at the juncture of the focal planes of two... | 12/27/2005 |
| 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 region of interest is further divided in to a plurality of sub-regions. ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6935998 | Method and device for determining the accuracy of a fold position The present invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing the accuracy of a fold (3) which is produced via a folding apparatus for printed products. In the process, with the printed products (1) being shingled, sensors (4) detect the ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6911653 | Inspecting method and apparatus for foreign matter An object being inspected that contains a liquid product is irradiated with light from a first side face thereof and with light given with a tilt from either side of a second side face opposite to the first side face with respect to the object being inspected, trans... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 fulfilment of a first condition, a test object is conducted to the tes... | 06/28/2005 |
| 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 flow, is immersed into molten glass an amount of molten glass fr... | 02/01/2005 |
| 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 using a synthetic labeled-projection model, which in conjunction with t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 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 spatial relationship to each other and the container. The light source i... | 08/24/2004 |
| 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, particularly sealed blister packages consisting of a blister container and a co... | 06/29/2004 |
