Abstract: A system for posture and movement regulation includes at least one body-position sensor unit, at least one arithmetic unit, and at least one output unit for outputting an acoustic signal, and/or at least one output unit for outputting a vibration signal.

Abstract: A system for posture and movement regulation includes at least one body-position sensor unit, at least one arithmetic unit, and at least one output unit for outputting an acoustic signal, and/or at least one output unit for outputting a vibration signal.

Abstract: The present invention features a method and apparatus for feeder setup validation on a component placement machine. Provided are a host computer in communication with a feeder setup station operable with a feeder identifier for identifying a feeder and a component identifier for identifying a component in the feeder working in conjunction with a location to determine if a component stored in a feeder mounted in a location on the component placement machine is correct for a program corresponding to operation of a system for assembling component products.

Abstract: The present invention features a method and apparatus for improving the performance of a component placement machine. The machine includes an imaging unit that moves in the X-Y plane and captures images to provide real-time monitoring of the performance of the machine.

Abstract: The present invention features a method and apparatus for feeder setup validation on a component placement machine.

Abstract: The components (11) to be examined are held by suction at a support device (10) and inspected by a video camera. The workpiece is recorded from two different sides via different beam paths (25, 26) using the same video camera, wherein two pictures of the same object are reproduced in different views and evaluated by image processing. Thus, it can be determined whether the component (11) is intact and, in particular, whether its legs (13) are present and at the correct place.

Abstract: Method and device for detecting dirt on eggs is provided which comprises exposing the eggs to ultraviolet light, capturing images of the exposed eggs resulting in images formed of pixels, and determining within the images, surface areas of dirt by correlating data of contrast and data of position of the pixels. Such a method enables selecting and subsequently removing eggs which contain dirt surface areas of a predetermined size. Further, such a method and device may be applied advantageously for both white and brown eggs in egg sorting machines.