Abstract: The disclosed embodiment relates to methods for measuring camber on a surface. The method preferably comprises receiving, by a computing device, a plurality of images of a surface, identifying, by a computing device, a key image of the surface from the plurality of images, extracting, by a computing device, a portion of the key image including the surface, and analyzing, by a computing device, the extracted portion of the key image to thereby determine the camber on the surface. The disclosed embodiment also relates to a system and computer-readable code that can be used to implement the exemplary methods.

Abstract: An inspection device for painted surface with a base layer and a clear layer painted on the base layer of a vehicle includes a frame mounted to an arm of a robot, a line scan camera, a first light source lighting up at a predetermined angle is provided thereto, which is mounted to the frame, and the line scan camera which acquires first vision data through the regular reflection light from the painted surface using the light of the first light source, and a controller which receives the first vision data from the line scan camera and detects surface defect of the painted surface according to the first vision data.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are provided for presenting a material stress analysis based on infrared (IR), or thermal, images of a real world scene. A method may include receiving multiple consecutively captured IR images as a series of IR frames, wherein the series of IR frames are captured within a time window, obtaining a lock-in signal corresponding to said time window, generating a stress image based on the obtained lock-in signal and the received series of frames, and performing an operation on said stress image.

Abstract: System and method to inspect hygienic articles. Defects are detected using a vision system by comparing an inspection image of a component to a reference image of a defect-free component. Detection of a defect can then be used to reject components and perform other functions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for analyzing the optical quality of one or more at least partially transparent substrates (2), for example a glass ribbon, run past the device (1), comprising: an illuminating system (4, 6) for forming an image in transmission through the substrate (2) and/or in reflection from the substrate (2); a camera (12) for acquiring the image transmitted and/or reflected by the one or more substrates (2); and a control unit (14) comprising a memory (15) in which programs for controlling the acquisition of the images by the camera (12) are stored, in which: the illuminating system (4, 6) can simultaneously produce illumination of different types in separate illumination zones (8A, 8B, 8C, 10A, 10B, 10C) through which the or each substrate (2) is intended to run; the camera (12) is a matrix camera and can acquire an image with a plurality of rows of pixels, the device (1) being configured such that the camera (12) can simultaneously acquire images with a plurality of groups of a

Abstract: A method of inspecting articles of transparent/translucent material with a vision system comprises illuminating the articles with a light source having an angular spectrum that is adapted to the contrast selected for refractive items presented by the articles. An image sensor picks up the light that has passed through the articles to make images of the articles. During a stage of referencing the vision system, a reference standard is in the field of view of the image sensor, the standard including at least one standard item that refracts light in a known range of angles. An image of the standard is taken to measure at least the contrast in the image produced by at least one standard item. During at least one stage of qualifying the vision system, the standard is placed once more in front of the light source and in the field of view of the image sensor.

Abstract: A machine vision system editing environment is provided for a part program in which a continuous stream of image acquisition operations are performed during a run mode. In one embodiment, a new common syntax and representations are utilized wherein continuous image acquisition operations are recorded in the same way as regular operations, with the running of the part program being performed in two stages. In the first stage, the portion of the part program that is to have the continuous stream of image acquisition is scanned for image acquisition operations, and the most efficient order for acquiring the images is determined, after which the image acquisition process is begun. Then, in the second stage, while the image acquisition process is being performed, the portion of the part program is scanned again, with the image analysis operations then being performed.

Abstract: Disclosed is a coating apparatus configured to properly detect a liquid surface of a coating liquid stored within a slit nozzle. The disclosed coating apparatus includes a slit nozzle, a moving mechanism, a storage portion illumination unit, and an imaging unit. The slit nozzle includes an elongated main body, a storage portion configured to store a coating liquid within the main body, and a slit-shaped ejecting port configured to eject the coating liquid fed from the storage portion through a slit-shaped flow path, wherein at least a part of each of a first wall and a second wall which face each other in the main body is formed of a transparent member. The moving mechanism is configured to move the slit nozzle with respect to a substrate. The storage portion illumination unit is configured to illuminate an inside of the storage portion through the transparent member of the first wall. The imaging unit is configured to image the inside of the storage portion through the transparent member of the second wall.

Abstract: An optical inspection method including the following steps is disclosed. A tester is utilized to obtain an image of an inspection object. A target image region of the image is determined. Multiple central coordinates of multiple inspection ranges of a target image region are obtained. The central coordinates are filled to an array, and then the central coordinates are reordered according to relative relationships of the central coordinates to obtain a reordered coordinate array. The reordered coordinate array is compared with an original coordinate array to inspect whether parts of the inspection object corresponding to the inspection ranges are missed.

Abstract: A system and a method for inspecting a stream of products (3, 3?, 3?) is disclosed, comprising a scanning focused light beam (5) for scanning the product stream and a camera (7) for detecting light beams directly returned from the scanned product stream, whereby the scanning movement of the focused light beam is synchronized with the exposure time of the camera.

Abstract: A system, a GUI and a method are provided that allow intuitive, flexible and robust editing of individually editable instructions generated by conversion operations applied to a defined step-and-repeat programming element in a machine vision inspection system. The method includes: a) Converting a defined step-and-repeat programming element to generate N independently-editable code blocks including an independently-editable substantial replication of a repeated operation block of the step-and-repeat element, each of code blocks executed at a respective location corresponding to a step and repeat location; b) Representing the code blocks in an editing GUI; and c) Eliminating the defined step-and-repeat programming element as an editable element. The defined step-and-repeat programming element may be represented in the editing GUI. The conversion operations may be initiated by a user activating a step and repeat conversion command directed to the defined step-and-repeat programming element.

Abstract: A process for the optical detection of moving objects comprises: illuminating the object either with light pulses having different intensities and/or pulse durations, or with light pulses optionally having different intensities and/or pulse durations, and with secondary light (SL) which induces an optically detectable secondary effect; taking images of the object under different illuminations with a monochromatic optical area sensor organized line by line; reading out and temporarily storing at least so many lines of each image as there are different illuminations, with the read-out lines having a line pitch relative to each other, sequentially combining lines from the images taken to form combination lines, with the lines combined with each other having the line pitch or a multiple thereof, respectively; and assembling the combination lines into a combinatory overall picture.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for inspecting a volume of a sample, said device comprising a pipette in which an interface is formed between the sample and a first fluid which is adjacent to the sample, said interface being optically perceptible outside the pipette as an interface line between the sample and the first fluid that extends essentially horizontally. The device further comprises a camera having a marking which is arranged in an image field of the camera such that the interface line and the marking can be imaged in a recorded image. The device finally comprises an evaluation unit which allows an evaluation of whether in the recorded image the marking is at the same height as the interface line.

Abstract: The device (50) comprises an optics member (60) and a spacer member (70), said optics member comprising N?2 sets of passive optical components (65) comprising one or more passive optical components each. The spacer member (70) comprises N light channels (77), each of said N light channels being associated with one of said N sets of passive optical components. All of said N light channels (77) have an at least substantially identical geometrical length (g), and an optical path length of a first of said N light channels is different from an optical path length of at least one second of said N light channels. Methods for manufacturing such devices are described, too. The invention can allow to mass produce high-precision devices (50) at a high yield.

Abstract: A sample inspection apparatus is provided. A sample inspection apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a base; a loading portion installed on the base so that a sample is placed thereon; a first light source radiating light on the sample, the sample being placed on the loading portion; a first light receiving portion located at a first position and receiving light reflected and scattered by the sample; and a support portion positioned on the loading portion so that the first light source and the first light receiving portion are movably installed on the support portion.

Abstract: A computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions for: (1) receiving video footage taken by a handheld device; (2) identifying one or more indicia associated with a point of interest within the video footage; (3) using the one or more indicia to retrieve information associated with the point of interest; (4) displaying the information on a display screen associated with the handheld device as the video footage is being displayed on the display screen; and (5) recording a screen capture of the display screen as the display screen is displaying the video footage and information.

Abstract: A method in a machine vision inspection system for obtaining two images of a workpiece with a desired sub-pixel offset between the images. The images are acquired using a fast multiple image acquisition mode of operation of a camera in the machine vision inspection system. In various implementations, the method includes removing the offset between the images such that the workpiece is congruent in the images and combining the congruent image data. The combined image data has a resolution better than that allowed by the native resolution of a camera that acquires images in the machine vision inspection system. The method may be implemented in an edge feature video tool for measuring edge features on the workpiece. The motion direction utilized for obtaining the two images may be made to be transverse to the edge direction of an edge that is being measured.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device for inspecting a volume and/or a composition of at least one, especially fluid sample.

Abstract: An imaging system, safety system or combined imaging and safety system includes a light transmitter and a corresponding receiver. Image data relating to a machine tool and/or workpiece is derived and processed to determine information regarding the tool and/or tool position and/or extent of work carried out on the workpiece. A screen, such as a shadow screen, can be used to form an image of a profile of the tool tip and end of the workpiece. Tool tip position and extent of work on the workpiece can be derived from the image. Certain aspects are directed to a safety system application for halting a machine or tool when a light beam is interrupted, and can provide progressive muting of beam interruption detection, such as by systematically disregarding or muting signals from rows of receiver array elements as the beam passes through a mute point ahead of a tool.

Abstract: An automatic steel ball inspection method and system are capable of inspecting surfaces and physical properties of the steel balls, and sorting out non-targeted and non-qualified steel balls. The inspection mainly includes detecting the physical properties of the steel balls by inspecting the eddy current of the steel balls, sorting out non-targeted steel balls, taking pictures of the surfaces of the steel balls with an image pickup device, comparing the pictures of the surfaces of the steel balls, and sorting out non-qualified steel balls.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products for calibrating machine vision systems. A system includes: one or more cameras; a motion rendering device; and a calibration module. The calibration module is configured to acquire, from a first camera of the one or more cameras, a plurality of images of a calibration target comprising a calibration pattern that provides a plurality of calibration features; extract calibration features of the plurality of calibration features from the plurality of images, wherein physical positions of the plurality of calibration features are in a calibration target length unit associated with the calibration target; determine a ratio between the calibration target length unit and a motion rendering device length unit associated with the motion rendering device; and provide a first calibration for the first camera based on the ratio.

Abstract: An indentation hardness test system is provided that includes: a frame including an attached indenter; a movable stage for receiving a part attached to the frame; a camera; a display; a processor; and a memory subsystem. The processor performs the steps of: (a) capturing images of different portions of the part; (b) for each image, computing an average intensity; (c) computing an average intensity across all images; (d) for each pixel, computing PixelAverageDeltan(x,y) as a function of the raw pixel data and the average pixel intensity of the image frame; (e) for each pixel, computing a correction factor using the average intensity across all images and PixelAverageDeltan(x,y); (f) performing shading correction by adjusting the raw pixel values by corresponding correction factors; and (g) generating a composite image of the part. Steps (b)-(e) may be performed on moving images while not including stationary images in the computations of those steps.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a manufacturing process of a fan-out wafer, the method may include acquiring a first set of images of dies after a completion of a first manufacturing stage of a manufacturing process of the fan-out wafer; processing the first set of images to detect defects; performing at least one corrective operation in response to at least one defect detected by processing the first set of images; acquiring a second set of images of dies after a completion of a second manufacturing stage of the manufacturing process of the fan-out wafer, the second manufacturing process follows the first manufacturing process; processing the second set of images to detect defects; and performing at least one corrective operation in response to at least one defect detected by processing the second set of images.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously reforming an open end of a metallic can body has a plurality of sequentially aligned necking stations and a flanging station. An inspection station is sequentially aligned with the flanging station and has a camera for capturing a plurality of images about a circumference of the metallic beverage container as the metallic beverage container completes one full rotation about a generally vertical axis during a dwell period. A plurality of transfer wheels are sequentially aligned with the plurality of necking stations, the flanging station, and the inspection station. The transfer wheels sequentially transfer the metallic container between each of the plurality of necking stations, the flanging station, and the inspection station.

Abstract: An inspection system and associated method are provided for inspecting a smoking article having a smokable rod and a filter element serially secured together by a tipping material circumscribing a longitudinal periphery of the filter element and a portion of a longitudinal periphery of the smokable rod adjacent to the filter element. A transport device is configured to transport individual as-formed smoking articles from a first to a second position such that the tipping material associated with each smoking article is accessible at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article. An inspection device is configured to optically inspect each smoking article, at least about the portion of the longitudinal periphery of the smoking article having the tipping material, as the smoking article is transported between the first and second positions, and to automatically determine from the optical inspection whether the inspected smoking article is defective.

Abstract: A support information display method is provided with an acquiring process for acquiring a first image by photographing, via a camera provided in a head mount display, a predetermined part of a substrate processing apparatus as a maintenance object, an estimating process for estimating the support information related to the predetermined part in the first image from information stored in a database, an image creating process for creating a second image by converting the support information estimated in the estimating process into an image, and a displaying process for displaying the second image on the head mount display in order for the operator to visually recognize the support information.

Abstract: The present application provides a thermal imaging and machining system for a machine component. The thermal imaging and machining system may include a machining subsystem with a machining device for drilling one or more holes in the machine component and a thermal inspection subsystem positioned about the machining subsystem. The thermal inspection subsystem may include an imager and one or more fluid supply lines such that a thermal response of the holes in the machine component may be determined.

Abstract: A portable machine vision component for use in machine vision systems is provided. The component can include a base portion configured to removably connect with a machine vision device, the base portion including an electrical input and an electrical output. The component can also include a control system operatively connected with the base portion, the control system configured to control an operation of the machine vision device and to receive feedback from the machine vision device. The component can further include one or more interface elements associated with the base portion, the one or more interface elements configured to allow a user to access the control system and communicate with the machine vision device.

Abstract: A thermography system includes a laser adapted to emit energy. An emitter attached to a mount, optically coupled to the laser, the emitter adapted to radiate the energy in substantially a first direction and an infrared camera attached to the mount with a field of view intersecting a portion of the first direction.

Abstract: A method of sealing a flat panel display device by using laser and a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera. The sealing method includes applying a sealant around a light-emitting unit on a substrate and covering above the light-emitting unit with the encapsulating substrate; irradiating light onto a sealant area to harden the sealant for the first time (first hardening); monitoring a hardening state of the sealant; and further irradiating light onto a region of the sealant in a bad hardening state based on the monitoring result to harden the region of the sealant in the bad hardening state (second hardening). The sealing method may prevent a sealing flaw caused from insufficient laser irradiation dosage, and thus ensure a more stable sealed structure. This may improve quality of the flat-plan-display-device.

Abstract: A wiring inspecting method according to the present invention is a wiring inspecting method for inspecting presence/absence of a short-circuit portion of a wiring line formed on a substrate, including a heat generation process of generating, with voltage application means (5), heat in the short-circuit portion by applying a voltage to the wiring line; an image acquisition process of acquiring, with image capturing means (6), an infrared image of the substrate; a binarization process of generating, with image processing means (7), a binarized image from the infrared image by using a threshold; and a position specification process of specifying, with the image processing means (7), a position of the short-circuit portion by using the binarized image. In the binarization process, binarization processing is repeated by changing the threshold.

Abstract: A spark plug is held by a work holder, and an illumination device is disposed between a rear end surface of a metal terminal of the spark plug and a lens of a CCD camera. The positional relationship among the rear end surface, the lens and a light source is determined such that regular reflected light resulting from regular reflection of irradiation light emitted from the light source and impinging on the rear end surface is not incident on the lens. In capturing an image of the rear end surface not only is the regular reflected light not incident on the lens, but also the incidence, on the lens of irregular reflected light resulting from irregularities on the rear end surface is reduced, whereby interference of reflected light with a captured image can be reduced.

Abstract: Provided is an asperity detection device for a can which does not need an additional conveyance device for inspection, reduces increased inspection costs, and allows for quick detection of defective merchandise while conveying the can.

Abstract: A construction image data recording system and a construction image data recording unit, those which make possible to input image data with a capacity even exceeding the storing capacity of an IC tag, such as photographic data, to the IC tag at either the construction site or the verification site of a concrete structure and to directly read such data from the IC tag at the construction site are provided.

Abstract: A three dimensional shape measurement apparatus includes an illumination section and a grating transfer unit. The illumination section includes a light source unit generating a light and a grating unit changing the light generated by the light source unit into a grating pattern light having a grating pattern. The illumination section illuminates the grating pattern light onto a measurement target in a predetermined direction. The grating transfer unit transfers the grating unit in a predetermined inclination direction with respect to an extension direction of the grating pattern and an arrangement direction of the grating pattern. Thus, manufacturing cost may be reduced, and the three dimensional shape measurement apparatus may be easily managed.

Abstract: An optical video measurement system for comparing a manufactured part against a representation of the manufactured part. The measurement platform system includes an optical video system for capturing images of the manufactured part. The optical video system includes a camera configured to capture one or more images of the manufactured part. The camera is configured to cooperate with one of several interchangeable lens assemblies for providing optics for the camera. The camera is configured to receive and retain one of the several interchangeable lens assemblies by way of a bayonet mount, wherein each of the interchangeable lens assemblies includes a male side configured to be received within a female side of the camera. The video measurement system further includes a mounting assembly configured to receive and retain a portion of each of the interchangeable lens assemblies and maintain alignment of each of the interchangeable lens assemblies with the camera.

Abstract: A history information recording device is provided to an image display equipment, for recording, as history information, information about operations that have been executed in the image display equipment up to a present time. The history information recording device includes a connection terminal to which an external storage medium is connected, in which the history information is transmitted to and recorded on the external storage medium connected to the connection terminal in response to a given instruction. Therefore, it is possible to check the history information of the image display equipment without displaying the history information on a screen of the image display equipment.

Abstract: An imaging device that captures an image of a specific region containing a boundary between an outer edge of the bead filler and a support body; an image processing device that detects an edge corresponding to the boundary between the outer edge of the bead filler and the support body based on an image captured by the imaging device, and that computes distances between a reference model line, that runs along the rotation direction of the support body and is determined based on a detected edge, and each respective point on the edge present in a region containing a join portion; and a control device that performs good/no-good determination on the join portion based on the distances between the reference model line and each of the points on the edge.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a Curvilinear Sensor System are disclosed. The present invention includes a wide variety of generally curved, aspheric or non-planar arrangement of sensors and their equivalents. The curvilinear surfaces, edges or boundaries that define the geometry of the present invention may be continuous, or may be collections or aggregations of many small linear, planar or other segments which are able to approximate a curved line or surface.

Abstract: In an extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus, a target detection section may include a light source, a transfer optical system, an image sensor configured to output image data of an image that has been formed by irradiating a target outputted from a target supply device with light outputted from the light source on a light-receiving unit of the image sensor by the transfer optical system, and a processing unit, connected to the image sensor, configured to receive the image data, obtain a first optical intensity distribution along a first line that intersects with a trajectory of the target and a second optical intensity distribution along a second line that intersects with the trajectory, calculate a center of gravity position in the first optical intensity distribution and a center of gravity position in the second optical intensity distribution, and calculate an actual path of the target based on the calculated positions.

Abstract: A metrology system has an elongate stationary camera pixel array facing a workpiece transit path of a robot with an field of view corresponding to a workpiece diameter and extending transverse to the transit path portion, and a stationary elongate light emitting array generally parallel to the pixel array. An image control processor causes the camera to capture successive image frames while the robot is moving the workpiece through the transit path.

Abstract: Simultaneous-view object insertion systems, apparatuses and methods are described herein. In various embodiments, an object insertion device may be configured to be moveable along a path to insert an object through a defined space that lies along the path. In various embodiments, a mirror assembly may be positioned between the object insertion device and the defined space to simultaneously direct, from one or more perspectives along the path, first light from a direction of the defined space towards a first vantage point for viewing and second light from a direction of the object towards a second vantage point for viewing, wherein the direction of the defined space is different from the direction of the object. In various embodiments, the mirror assembly may be configured to move away from the path to allow the object insertion device to pass toward the defined space.

Abstract: A system for packaging unit doses of medication. One pill packaging system comprises a feeding assembly, a pill packaging assembly, and a pill guide. The pill guide may be positioned between the feeding assembly and packaging assembly and comprise a body having inlet and outlet apertures, whereby a pill traveling through the pill guide exits the outlet aperture oriented such that a leading edge of the pill points toward one side of the pill package and the trailing edge of the pill is inclined toward an opposite side of the pill package. Another pill packaging system comprises a pill feeding assembly comprising a pill disk with circumferentially positioned pill slots, a pill packaging assembly, and a sensor, such as a camera, to determine whether more than one pill is positioned in a pill slot on the pill disk.

Abstract: An imaging system (40), safety system (58) or combined imaging and safety system (FIG. 1) for an industrial machine (20), including a light transmitter (26) and a corresponding receiver (28). In an imaging application, image data relating to a machine tool (22) and/or work piece (32) is derived from said at least one receiver and processed by an image processing means to determine information regarding said tool and/or tool position and/or extent of work carried out on said work piece. A screen (34, 46), such as a shadow screen, can be used to form an image of a profile of the tool tip and end of the workpiece. Took tip position and extent of work on the workpiece can be derived from the image, e.g., via a camera viewing an image formed on the screen. Multiple cameras may be used. A safety system application (FIGS.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for determining variable thickness of a coating on a surface of a substrate using in part a flash-lamp source, capable of generating a thermal pulse at the coating surface, and a image capture and processing device capable of capture sequential image frames of the coating surface, whereas each sequential image frame corresponds to an elapsed time and comprises a pixel array, and wherein each pixel of the array corresponds to a location on the coating surface. A method of calculating coating thickness is also provided.

Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement apparatus generates patterns to be projected onto the measurement object, images the measurement object using an imaging unit after projecting a plurality of types of generated patterns onto the measurement object using a projection unit, and computes the coordinate values of patterns on a captured image acquired by the imaging unit, based on the projected patterns, a geometric model of the measurement object, and information indicating the coarse position and orientation of the measurement object. Captured patterns on the captured image are corresponded with the patterns projected by the projection unit using the computed coordinate values, and the distances between the imaging unit and the patterns projected onto the measurement object are derived. The position and orientation of the measurement object are estimated using the derived distances and the geometric model of the measurement object, and the information on the coarse position and orientation is updated.

Abstract: A video camera which shoots a machine tool is connected to a numerical controller which controls the machine tool. The numerical controller has a function of manipulating the video camera by using a G-code command that is a preparatory function included as standard in the numerical controller. The numerical controller can give a command to the video camera by one block of a machining program. Additionally, a G-code can be commonly used in all machine tools equipped with same numerical controllers.

Abstract: A mounting head is provided with suction nozzles, image capturing cameras, and a movable mirror unit. When the mirror unit is placed at an advance position, mirrors advance into a viewing field of the image capturing cameras and refract an optical axis for image capturing, so that the image capturing cameras can capture images of tips of the suction nozzles and/or held components. When the mirror unit is placed at a retreat position, the mirrors retreat from the viewing field of the image capturing cameras, so that the image capturing cameras can capture images of component supplying positions and mounting positions.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system having a first housing that includes an optically transparent substrate having a first side and a second side that is opposed to the first side, a camera disposed on the first side of the optically transparent substrate and a source of illumination. The source of illumination is disposed in a ring on the periphery of the first housing and located on the first side of the optically transparent substrate. The system further has a second housing having a circuit board that is operative to process the image captured by the camera, and a battery pack that is operative to supply electrical energy to the source of illumination and to power the circuit board.

Abstract: There is described a method for determining a value of a zero point offset of a yaw rate sensor. The method comprises measuring over time the output of the yaw rate sensor, determining whether the measured output has remained within a set of limits for a pre-determined period and if it is determined that the measured output has remained within the limits for the pre-determined period, using at least one measured value of the output to determine the value of the zero point offset.