公开(公告)号：US07488965B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-10

申请号：US10533992

申请日：2003-11-07

申请人： Don W. Cochran ,  Dennis S. Bradley ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Fredrick F. Awig, II ,  Terry L. Graves ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder

发明人： Don W. Cochran ,  Dennis S. Bradley ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Fredrick F. Awig, II ,  Terry L. Graves ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder

IPC分类号： G01N21/88 ,  G01N21/90 ,  G01N21/00

CPC分类号： G01N21/909 ,  G01N21/8806 ,  G01N21/9036 ,  G01N2201/0634

摘要： 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 containers to specific manufacturing paths or sources of origin (eg., body makers) used in the container forming process. The disclosed invention is enabled by the placement of a machine-readable code on specific portions of the can body during the forming process and the use of illumination exposure techniques.

摘要翻译： 本申请涉及用于形成的金属容器的自动检查的装置和方法。 更具体地说，它涉及使用机器视觉系统来识别并将形成的食品和饮料容器中发生的制造缺陷与在容器成形过程中使用的具体制造路径或原始来源（例如，身体制造者）相关联。 所公开的发明可以通过在成形过程中使用机器可读代码放置在罐体的特定部分上以及使用照明曝光技术。

公开(公告)号：US10074057B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US11134137

申请日：2005-05-20

申请人： Don W. Cochran ,  Fredrick F. Awig, II ,  Kevin E. Batty ,  Jesse C. Booher ,  David W. Cochran ,  Patrick Gilliland ,  Noel E. Morgan, Jr. ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Timothy SirLouis ,  Michael L. Yoder

发明人： Don W. Cochran ,  Fredrick F. Awig, II ,  Kevin E. Batty ,  Jesse C. Booher ,  David W. Cochran ,  Patrick Gilliland ,  Noel E. Morgan, Jr. ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Timothy SirLouis ,  Michael L. Yoder

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06Q10/06 ,  G05B19/418

CPC分类号： G06Q10/06 ,  G05B19/41875 ,  G05B2219/31472 ,  Y02P90/22 ,  Y02P90/86

摘要： The invention provides for a graphical user interface which provides for very simple and intuitive ways of changing single or multiple inspection parameters. The graphical display immediately shows what the monitoring or inspection result would have been if the effected change had been in place during the inspection of the last “N” parts. This retrospective graphical “look-back” invokes immediate re-inspection facilitating an estimation of what the future inspection or process monitoring results will be if future production looks similar to the recent past production. The re-inspection results are immediately shown with a combination of visualization for ease of understanding and settings optimization. The visualization also shows selected other associated data to each specific inspection for ease of tracking and optimizing production processes.

公开(公告)号：US08598557B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US10519180

申请日：2003-06-20

申请人： Don W. Cochran ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder ,  Jesse C. Booher ,  Terry L. Graves

发明人： Don W. Cochran ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder ,  Jesse C. Booher ,  Terry L. Graves

IPC分类号： G01N21/86 ,  G01N21/00

CPC分类号： G01N21/8806

摘要： This application relates to an apparatus and method for providing patterned illumination fields for use within process control and article inspection applications. More specifically, it pertains to the use of patterned illuminators to enable visual surface inspection of polished objects such as ball bearings. The use of patterned illuminators properly disposed in relation to a polished part under inspection allows small surface imperfections such as scratches and pits to become visible against the normal surface background. The use of carefully engineered illuminators facilitates advantageous defect-site scattering from generally dark field sources. The patterned nature of the illuminators defined by this invention allows the complete surface of three-dimensional parts to be effectively highlighted using dark field illumination fields.

摘要翻译： 本申请涉及一种用于提供在过程控制和物品检查应用中使用的图案化照明场的装置和方法。 更具体地说，它涉及图案化照明器的使用以使得诸如球轴承之类的抛光物体的视觉表面检查。 相对于被检查的抛光部分适当地设置的图案照明器的使用允许诸如划痕和凹坑的小表面缺陷对于正常表面背景变得可见。 使用精心设计的照明器有助于从一般暗场光源获得有利的缺陷点散射。 由本发明限定的照明器的图案性质允许使用暗场照明场有效地突出显示三维部分的完整表面。

公开(公告)号：US07365747B2

公开(公告)日：2008-04-29

申请号：US11006801

申请日：2004-12-07

申请人： John W. Finlayson ,  Dean J. Rumpza ,  Kevin D. Puterbaugh ,  Richard L. Goettling ,  David C. Goodrich ,  Neal R. Keklen ,  Michael L. Yoder

发明人： John W. Finlayson ,  Dean J. Rumpza ,  Kevin D. Puterbaugh ,  Richard L. Goettling ,  David C. Goodrich ,  Neal R. Keklen ,  Michael L. Yoder

IPC分类号： G06T15/20

CPC分类号： G06T15/20 ,  G06T19/003 ,  G06T2219/028

摘要： Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention allow a user operating on a data processing computer to view geometry of an object model produced by an image generator hosted on an image processing computer by allowing the user to define a zone associated with the object model, slices of each zone, and viewpoints associated with the slices, controlling the graphics image generator to produce geometric images of the object model in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints, and selectively navigating the images in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints.

摘要翻译： 与本发明一致的方法，系统和制品允许在数据处理计算机上操作的用户通过允许用户定义与图像处理计算机相关联的区域来查看由图像处理计算机上托管的图像生成器生成的对象模型的几何形状 对象模型，每个区域的切片和与切片相关联的视点，控制图形图像生成器以根据区域，切片和视点产生对象模型的几何图像，以及根据区域选择性地导航图像 ，切片和观点。

公开(公告)号：US07227166B2

公开(公告)日：2007-06-05

申请号：US10970780

申请日：2004-10-21

申请人： Don W. Cochran ,  Dennis S. Bradley ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Frederick F. Awig, II ,  Terry L. Graves ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder

发明人： Don W. Cochran ,  Dennis S. Bradley ,  Steven D. Cech ,  Frederick F. Awig, II ,  Terry L. Graves ,  Thomas H. Palombo ,  Michael L. Yoder

IPC分类号： G01N21/88 ,  G01N21/90 ,  G01N21/00

CPC分类号： G01N21/909 ,  G01N21/8806 ,  G01N21/9036 ,  G01N2201/0634

摘要： 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 containers to specific manufacturing paths or sources of origin (e.g., body makers) used in the container forming process. The disclosed invention is enabled by the placement of a machine-readable code on specific portions of the can body during the forming process and the use of machine vision reading techniques.

摘要翻译： 本申请涉及用于形成的金属容器的自动检查的装置和方法。 更具体地说，它涉及使用机器视觉系统来识别并将形成的食品和饮料容器中出现的制造缺陷与在容器成型过程中使用的具体制造路径或原始来源（例如身体制造者）相关联。 所公开的发明是通过在机器视觉阅读技术的成形过程和机器视觉阅读技术的使用期间将机器可读代码放置在罐体的特定部分上而实现的。