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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8121392 | Embedded imaging and control system A stand alone imaging system is disclosed that captures undistorted, high resolution, stop-action images of objects (e.g., medicine pills) moving at automation speeds, processes the images in real time, and then performs real-time I/O based control that is a functio... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8073239 | Error detection system for verifying the construction of paper boxes A method for inspecting a feature applied to a box blank during manufacture of a paper box, comprising the steps of illuminating at least that portion of box blank including the feature with an illumination source, receiving an image of the illuminated portion of th... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7813540 | System and method for detecting nuclear material in shipping containers A system and method for detecting metal contraband such as weapons related material in shipping containers where a container is scanned with at least one penetrating beam, preferably a tomographic x-ray beam, and at least one image is formed. The image can be analyz... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7433590 | Method of low intensity lighting for high speed image capture A system for synchronizing image capture and a light source has a first strobing light emitting diode (LED) array with a plurality of LEDs located to light an illumination area. The LED array has an on cycle during which the LED array is activated and an off cycle d... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430311 | System and method for inside can inspection A system and method for imaging an interior of a substantially cylindrical object are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a substantially cylindrical illuminator is positioned above an opening of a substantially cylindrical object t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422147 | System and method for detecting fraudulent transactions of items having item-identifying indicia A method of detecting a fraudulent transaction of an item having an item-identifying indicium processes the indicium to obtain item-identifying information, and captures a digital representation of a surface area of the item. The item-identifying information is used... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421112 | Cargo sensing system A cargo sensing system is configured to determine if cargo is present within a container. In one implementation, the cargo sensing system senses lines within an image of a cargo space. The lines may be straight, curved or otherwise configured, and are evaluated for ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7406192 | Method for determining the change in position of an item of luggage in order to examine a suspect region in this item of luggage The invention relates to a method for determining the change in position of an item of luggage in order to examine a suspect region in this item of luggage. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7397940 | Object positioning method for a lithographic projection apparatus A method for placement of a object such as a substrate or a mask on a table, said method including: a first placement step in which the object is placed on a first position on the table; a measuring step in which a... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7366342 | Simultaneous computation of multiple points on one or multiple cut lines Methods, and program storage devices, for performing model-based optical proximity correction by providing a region of interest (ROI) having an interaction distance and locating at least one polygon within the ROI. A cut line of sample points representative of a set... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7330588 | Image metrics in the statistical analysis of DNA microarray data Expression profiling using DNA microarrays is an important new method for analyzing cellular physiology. In “spotted” microarrays, fluorescently labeled cDNA from experimental and control cells is hybridized to arrayed target DNA and the arrays imaged at two or ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330579 | Automated inspection of tinted ophthalmic parts Methods, systems and apparatuses for inspecting tinted ophthalmic parts are disclosed. ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326939 | Method and device for quality controlling packets A method and device for quality controlling packets of cigarettes, whereby, as a packet is fed, in use, through a quality control station, an optical detecting unit acquires data relative to given portions of the packet, which portions are coated with material optic... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317824 | Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements An overlay mark for determining the relative shift between two or more successive layers of a substrate is disclosed. The overlay mark includes at least one test pattern for determining the relative shift between a first and a second layer of the substrate in a firs... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310438 | Systems for detecting defects in printed solder paste A method of inspecting a stencil having apertures through which a substance is deposited onto an electronic substrate includes depositing the substance through the stencil and onto the substrate, capturing a first image of the stencil after the deposit of the substa... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305114 | Human/machine interface for a machine vision sensor and method for installing and operating the same This invention overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art by providing a human/machine interface (HMI) for use with machine vision systems (MVSs) that provides the machine vision system processing functionality at the sensor end of the system, and uses a communica... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7302091 | Method and apparatus for determining defect detection sensitivity data, control method of defect detection apparatus, and method and apparatus for detecting defect of semiconductor devices A method of determining defect detection sensitivity data, comprises: taking image data from the desired surface areas of each of semiconductor devices, processing at least two of the image data through arithmetic operations and comparing the processed image data wi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7283659 | Apparatus and methods for searching through and analyzing defect images and wafer maps Disclosed are methods and apparatus for automatically organizing and/or analyzing a plurality of defect images without first providing a predefined set of classified images (herein referred to as a training set). In other words, sorting is not based on a training se... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283657 | Method and system for automatically orienting a spherical object A system, methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically orienting spherical objects, such as game balls, for subsequent downstream processing comprises a series of processing steps that can be performed at four separate, mechanically similar (or even identical... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7275693 | Automated system and method for identifying and measuring packages transported through a laser scanning tunnel A fully automated package identification and measuring system, in which an omni-directional holographic scanning tunnel is used to read bar codes on packages entering the tunnel, while a package dimensioning subsystem is used to capture information about the package... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277570 | Method and apparatus for witness card statistical analysis using image processing techniques A method and apparatus for performing witness card statistical analysis using image processing techniques to quickly and efficiently generate as-sprayed performance statistics for a spray device, or spray, based upon a comprehensive analysis of as-sprayed witness ca... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272916 | Method and device for inspecting and monitoring the seal integrity of sterile packages A system for inspecting seal integrity of a sealed package including a visual inspection system and a medical packaging system having an integral peel testing device. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260255 | Measuring linear separations in digital radiographs Digital pixel data is obtained from radiographic imaging of one or more objects, and corresponds to an imaged area containing a feature to be measured. A data profile for a region around the measured feature is created from the digital pixel data. A reference profil... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7241988 | System and method of sorting materials using holographic laser steering The present invention employs a beam steering apparatus to isolate valuable cells from other cells, tissues, and contaminants. In one embodiment, the system balances optical trapping against biasing flow to parallelize cell sorting under the flexible control of comp... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7236624 | Mark for visual inspection upon assembling a display In the neighborhood of each connecting region of a panel substrate, tape automated bonding (TAB) substrates, and a flexible substrate, marks for a visual inspection are provided at a preset distance apart from the connecting region. According to the present marks, i... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7221446 | Fluid dispenser and lens inspection device A fluid dispenser dispenses a fluid alternately from one of a pair of ports (29,31) that are provided on opposite ends of a syringe (26) by moving a piston (42) back and forth inside the syringe. A pair of stirrers (47,48) are provided in... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216013 | Singulation detection system for objects used in conjunction with a conveyor system A system and method for reliably detecting singulated parcels traveling on a conveyor belt by comparing parcel characteristics before and after parcel agitation. First, parcel characteristics are evaluated. Then parcels are agitated to promote a change in characteri... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7210598 | Authomated pill-dispensing apparatus An under-counter portable automatic pill-dispensing apparatus includes a double array of storage units for storing pills in bulk, a retriever between the two arrays for retrieving selected storage units, and a pill-dispensing module for unloading pills into a vial. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7197177 | Automated laminate inspection method An optical scanner scans a piece support of know thickness holding a cross-section of laminate material such as fiber composite laminate, metal laminates, brazed parts, welded parts, sandwiched parts to determine layer thickness and layer properties such as fiber co... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190895 | Photographic imaging system for brachytherapy device verification A photographic imaging system and method for brachytherapy device verification is disclosed. The method involves receiving an order from a customer; loading a container with materials according to the order to create a loaded container; making a photographic image o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7181057 | Overlay marks, methods of overlay mark design and methods of overlay measurements An overlay mark for determining the relative position between two or more successive layers of a substrate or between two or more separately generated patterns on a single layer of a substrate is disclosed. The overlay mark includes a plurality of working zones, whi... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177444 | Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information A method and apparatus is disclosed for reading and decoding information extracted from a form. In the system of the present invention, packages are randomly placed on a conveyor belt, with their labels facing a two-camera subassembly. As the conveyor belt moves, th... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171047 | Adaptive Sem edge recognition algorithm A computer-implemented method is disclosed for recognizing edges in a digital image having a plurality of pixels with gray-scale values defining features. The method includes recognizing edges of the features by cearting a new image in which pixels in the new image ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159477 | Apparatus for inspecting deformation of pipes An apparatus is provided for measuring deformation of a surface of a pipe. The apparatus has a central portion to which a detector section is mounted. At each side, guides are connected to the housing via arms. The housing has a platform below which an inverted U-sh... | 01/09/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
