公开(公告)号：US20250102432A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-27

申请号：US18891680

申请日：2024-09-20

Applicant: Krones AG

Inventor： Rainer KWIRANDT ,  Anton NIEDERMEIER ,  Stefan PIANA ,  Peter LINDNER

IPC: G01N21/51 ,  G01N21/17 ,  G01N21/88

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for optically inspecting a pulp bottle. The apparatus comprises a lighting device having an opening, wherein a mouth of the pulp bottle can be arranged below the opening of the lighting device; and a camera which is configured to take an image of at least a part of an inner wall of the pulp bottle through the opening of the lighting device or from the opening of the lighting device, wherein the pulp bottle can be arranged such that the part of the inner wall of the pulp bottle is illuminated by the lighting device. The present disclosure further provides a method for optically inspecting a pulp container, in particular a pulp bottle.

公开(公告)号：US20240370988A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-07

申请号：US18685134

申请日：2022-05-31

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Anton NIEDERMEIER ,  Stefan SCHOBER

IPC: G06T7/00 ,  B65B7/28 ,  B65B57/00 ,  B65D41/34 ,  B65D55/16 ,  G06T7/73 ,  G06T7/90

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for inspecting containers provided with container closures, wherein the container closure has a closure cap screwed onto a mouth of the container, a securing device arranged on the container below the mouth in a longitudinal direction of the container, a connecting strand that connects the securing device to the closure cap, a first fastening section where the connecting strand is fastened to the closure cap, and a second fastening section with which the connecting strand is arranged on the securing device, wherein the containers are transported by a transport device and inspected by an inspection unit, wherein a first marking located on the container is recorded in order to determine the rotational position of the container closure from a position of the connecting strand and/or a position of at least one fastening section.

公开(公告)号：US20240077428A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-07

申请号：US18242458

申请日：2023-09-05

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Thomas BOCK ,  Anton NIEDERMEIER

IPC: G01N21/90

CPC classification number: G01N21/9054 ,  G01N21/909 ,  G01N2201/068

Abstract: A method for inspecting containers with closures with a cap portion and a circumferential edge extending around the mouth of the containers. The containers are transported along a transport path by a transport device. During transport, the mouth regions of the containers with closures are illuminated by an illumination device, and at least one image recording device records at least one image of the mouth regions of the containers with closures, and records at least one spatially resolved image of a portion of the circumferential edge and one structure on the circumferential edge is detected, and, at least one value of this structure, a value characteristic of a relative position of the closure relative to the container and/or relative to the rotationally symmetrical element and/or of the closure is determined.

公开(公告)号：US20230288344A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18016255

申请日：2021-06-30

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Anton NIEDERMEIER ,  Stefan SCHOBER

IPC: G01N21/90

CPC classification number: G01N21/9072 ,  G01N2021/8887

Abstract: Apparatus for inspecting containers, having a transport device which transports the containers along a predetermined transport path, and having an inspection device for inspecting the containers, wherein this inspection device has an image recording device which is configured for recording a spatially resolved image of a bottom of the container. The apparatus includes an image evaluation device which is configured for evaluating the image recorded up by the image recording device, wherein this image evaluation device enables a distinction between images of those containers which have foreign bodies in their interior and those containers which have foreign bodies on an outer surface of the bottom.

公开(公告)号：US20230236057A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-27

申请号：US17996588

申请日：2021-04-13

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Stefan PIANA ,  Christof WILL ,  Judith MENGELKAMP ,  Anton NIEDERMEIER

IPC: G01F23/292

CPC classification number: G01F23/292

Abstract: A method for checking the fill level of containers, wherein the containers are transported by a transporter as a container mass flow and measurement data are captured by a sensor unit, and wherein the measurement data are evaluated by an evaluation unit and the fill level of the containers is determined in each case, wherein the measurement data are evaluated by the evaluation unit using an evaluation method that works on the basis of artificial intelligence in order to determine the fill level.

公开(公告)号：US20200278302A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-03

申请号：US16755772

申请日：2018-10-11

Applicant: KRONES AG

Inventor： Anton NIEDERMEIER

IPC: G01N21/90 ,  G01N21/88 ,  G02B23/24

Abstract: A device for inspecting containers which have an opening includes a transport device which transports the objects along a configured transport path. The device includes a monitoring device which is configured to monitor at least one region of an inner wall of the container through the opening. The monitoring device is configured to capture spatially resolved images, and has a lighting device configured to illuminate at least one region of the inner wall, is arranged between the monitoring device and the container.