Abstract:
A liquid filled transparent container is spun momentarily and successive video frames are then taken by a camera while the liquid swirls in the stationary container. One or more of these video frames can be stored in memory in digitized form. Two or more digitized video frames are then compared electronically, by ''''subtracting'''' one from the other, to generate a reject signal when the ''''difference'''' exceeds some preset number of digitized pulses. The threshold voltage for the video frame being generated can be altered by reference to a stored video frame in order to increase the sensitivity of that frame at discrete points corresponding to voltages exceeding the threshold voltage in the stored frame and desensitized at all other points to reduce the likelihood of spurious signals.