公开(公告)号：US06393141B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-21

申请号：US09150770

申请日：1998-09-10

申请人： Anthony James Cronshaw ,  Mark Robson Humphries ,  Christopher James Hodges ,  John Horace Fisher

发明人： Anthony James Cronshaw ,  Mark Robson Humphries ,  Christopher James Hodges ,  John Horace Fisher

IPC分类号： G06K928

CPC分类号： G01N21/952 ,  G01B11/25

摘要： An apparatus for providing a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object illuminates the surface of the object using an illumination source. Portions of the surface are imaged through an aperture in a plate onto a portion of a matrix sensor. The object is rotated about its principle axis while being simultaneously translated, and, at the same time the aperture is also rotated. By synchronizing these translational and rotational movements, successive portions of the object surface can image onto respective successive portions of the matrix sensor, thereby providing an improve two-dimensional image of the surface of the object.

摘要翻译： 用于提供三维物体的二维图像的装置使用照明源照射物体的表面。 表面的一部分通过板中的孔成像到矩阵传感器的一部分上。 物体围绕其主轴旋转同时平移，并且同时孔也被旋转。 通过使这些平移和旋转运动同步，物体表面的连续部分可以成像到矩阵传感器的相应连续部分，从而提供对象表面的改进的二维图像。

公开(公告)号：US06275603B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-14

申请号：US09051663

申请日：1998-06-24

申请人： Anthony James Cronshaw ,  Christopher James Hodges ,  Mark Robson Humphries ,  David Livingstone ,  Stephen Peter Woodall ,  Bernardus Cornelis Johannes Landman

发明人： Anthony James Cronshaw ,  Christopher James Hodges ,  Mark Robson Humphries ,  David Livingstone ,  Stephen Peter Woodall ,  Bernardus Cornelis Johannes Landman

IPC分类号： G06K900

CPC分类号： G01N21/9027

摘要： This invention provides a method and apparatus (100) for detecting small glass particles (12) in bottles (1) filled with beer (10). The beer (10) is caused to rotate with respect to the bottle (1), and successive images are obtained from the bottle by means of a CCD-camera (40) which is arranged such that its optical axis (41) makes an angle &agr; of about 135° with the axis (13) of the bottle (1), which is illuminated from below. The successive images are subtracted from each other to detect refracted light emanating from glass particles. These measurements are repeated a plurality of times. The invention thus offers an improvement in sensitivity and reliability of a detecting method. An apparatus (100) comprises a carousel (103) with a plurality of cameras dedicated to a single bottle. A system is described to reduce costs by having eight cameras share one image processing unit.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供一种用于检测填充有啤酒（10）的瓶子（1）中的小玻璃颗粒（12）的方法和设备（100）。 使啤酒（10）相对于瓶（1）旋转，并且通过CCD相机（40）从瓶中获得连续的图像，CCD相机（40）被布置成使得其光轴（41）成角度 与瓶子（1）的轴线（13）约135°的α，其从下方被照亮。 将相继的图像相互减去以检测从玻璃颗粒发出的折射光。 这些测量重复多次。 因此，本发明提供了一种检测方法的灵敏度和可靠性的改进。 装置（100）包括具有专用于单个瓶子的多个摄像机的转盘（103）。 描述了通过使八个摄像机共享一个图像处理单元来降低成本的系统。