METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING FULL CONTAINERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240280504A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18569322

    申请日:2022-06-09

    IPC分类号: G01N21/90 G01N21/41 G01N21/88

    摘要: A method for inspecting filled containers for foreign bodies, comprising: providing a planar illuminating device designed to emit radiation which radiates through a container to be examined; providing a detection device designed to detect the radiation which was emitted by the illuminating device and has radiated through the container and to create a photograph of the container on the basis of the detected radiation; providing an evaluation device designed to evaluate the image created by the detection device; wherein the detection device is aimed, at an acute angle α relative to the horizontal, at the bottom region of the container to be inspected, and wherein a foreign body on the container bottom is recognized as a local disturbance in the imaging photograph.

    INSPECTION APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240201102A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18288103

    申请日:2021-05-12

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: G01N21/90 G01N21/88

    摘要: An inspection apparatus has: a gripping unit that grips a container filled with a liquid; a first lighting unit that emits light onto the liquid from one longitudinal end side of the container; and a second lighting unit that emits light onto the liquid from the other longitudinal end side of the container. The first lighting unit and the second lighting unit are arranged on a same side as an imaging device that acquires image data showing a state of the liquid as seen from the container, and are each installed so as to emit light onto the liquid from a position where a center axis passing through a center of the container is tilted by any angle of 0 degrees or more and 40 degrees or less.

    OVERALL HUMIDTY ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR CARTON
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240053279A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US17766663

    申请日:2020-08-18

    发明人: Chaoqi XIE

    IPC分类号: G01N21/90 G06T7/11 G06Q30/02

    摘要: An overall humidity analysis system for a carton, comprising: a threshold determination mechanism used for sending a low-price acquisition instruction when the received overall humidity of the carton is between a first humidity threshold and a second humidity threshold, and used for sending a high-price acquisition instruction when the overall humidity of the carton is below the second humidity threshold, the first humidity threshold being greater than the second humidity threshold; the threshold determination mechanism also used for sending an acquisition prohibition instruction when the overall humidity of the carton is above the first humidity threshold; and a full-color capturing mechanism located on a user handheld terminal and used for performing an image capturing operation on an environment where a plurality of cartons to be acquired are located, so as to obtain a corresponding full-color environment image.

    Predicting malfunction and failure of centrifuge umbilicus

    公开(公告)号:US11898967B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17572716

    申请日:2022-01-11

    申请人: Fenwal, Inc.

    摘要: An umbilicus-driven centrifuge includes a yoke configured to orbit a midsection of the umbilicus around a rotational axis at a first speed so as to cause a separation chamber associated with the umbilicus to rotate about the rotational axis at a second speed that is approximately double the first speed. An optical monitoring system directly monitors the separation chamber, with a light source oriented to emit light toward the separation chamber and a light detector oriented to receive at least a portion of the light after the light has passed through the separation chamber. A controller receives a plurality of signals from the light detector, then compares the period or frequency of the signals to an expected period or frequency. The controller determines that the umbilicus is experiencing an irregularity when the period or frequency is different from the expected period or frequency.

    Method and apparatus for inspecting liquid filled hollow transparent articles

    公开(公告)号:US11872743B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-16

    申请号:US17422567

    申请日:2020-01-07

    摘要: An article-inspection apparatus includes a light source for directing light energy with multiple wavelengths at the article and multiple sensors to receive light reflected from external and internal surfaces of the wall of the article, with the reflections being used to compute a physical characteristic, e.g., wall thickness, of the container, due to the light absorption characteristics of the material of the wall of the article. A single light sensitive sensor may be used if the light source wavelengths can be selectively transmitted. The apparatus can be used for inspecting transparent plastic containers that are filled (with a liquid) or unfilled. The apparatus may determine the wall thickness of transparent plastic containers even if they have in-molded features or decorations that make their inner and outer walls non-parallel.

    CALIBRATION AND VALIDATION OF CUVETTES IN AUTOMATED CHEMICAL ANALYZERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240003923A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18254630

    申请日:2021-11-29

    IPC分类号: G01N35/00 G01N21/90 G01N35/02

    摘要: The presently claimed and described technology provides improved calibration and validation procedures for sample containers (e.g., cuvettes) in automated chemical analyzers. The claimed and described technology further provides methods of operating an automated analyzer that allows for the automation of calibrating and tracking the integrity of individual sample containers (e.g., cuvettes) in parallel with measuring constituent samples. These methods eliminate the need to alternate between a diagnostic mode and measurement mode when performing system maintenance, such as validating cuvette integrity, calibrating absorbance baseline, and replacing cuvettes. As such, the presently claimed and described technology can reduce downtime and improve the clinical lab productivity significantly by allowing for this system maintenance to occur simultaneously with sample analysis.

    Blister-strip inspection device
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11830180B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17587024

    申请日:2022-01-28

    摘要: The invention relates to a blister strip inspection device (10) for sensing blister segments (12) of a blister strip (14), having an image acquisition device (16) which is arranged to capture images of the blister strip (14), wherein the image acquisition device (16) comprises a digital camera (18.1), an advance sensing device (24) for continuously sensing an advance (x) of the blister strip (14), and an evaluating unit (40) which is connected to the digital camera (18.1) and to the advance sensing device (24), and which is configured to automatically perform a method having the following steps: (v) sensing the advance of the blister strip (14), (vi) determining a target time (ti), at least also on the basis of the advance, at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1) of the digital camera, and (vii) acquiring an image with the digital camera (18.1) at said target time (ti), wherein the digital camera (18.1) is a video camera which has a field of view (20.1, 20.2) and is formed to capture an image sequence consisting of temporally successive images. According to the invention, it is envisaged that the evaluating unit (40) is configured to automatically (i) determine the target time (t) at which a blister segment (12.i) is completely in the field of view (20.1, 20.2), at least also on the basis of the advance (x), (ii) take an image (AF) from the image sequence such that a monitoring image is generated, (iii) store the monitoring image and (v) repeat steps (i) to (iii) such that a monitoring image sequence is generated, and the evaluating unit (40) is configured to automatically: sense at least one preceding image at a time that lies shortly before the target time (ti) and/or acquire at least one following image (A) at a time that lies shortly after the target time, determine which of the images sufficiently completely contains the greatest portion of a blister segment (12) by means of image recognition, and store said image (A) as a monitoring image.