Patents Assigned to Continental Mabor-Industria de Pneus, S.A.
  • Patent number: 7346411
    Abstract: The present system enables the monitoring and automatic control of the tolerance in splice overlap of textile play , though the identification of the overlap area, identification and counting of textile cords in the overlap area, and the generation of a control signal for the manufacturing equipment based on parameters and criteria defined by a user. The system includes an image acquisition sub-assembly that contains a lighting module, artificial vision module, and respective elements of support, fixation, conditioning and adjustment. The system also includes a quality control computer program that has a module of morphologic image analysis for detection and recognition of the overlap of the ply, detecting and counting of cords in the overlap area, a module of support to the decision of acceptance/rejection of the ply based on parameters defined by the user and a module of an interface with production equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Continental Mabor-Industria de Pneus, S.A.
    Inventors: Nuno Filipe Martins Silva, Andre Teixeira Puga, Antonio Alberto da Silva Maia, Ireneu Manuel Silva Dias, Agostinho Jose Barbosa Ferreira, Filipe de Sousa Pinto
  • Publication number: 20060041327
    Abstract: The present invention describes a system that enables the monitoring and automatic control of the tolerance in splice overlap of textile ply, through the identification of the overlap area (1a), identification and counting of textile cords (1b) in the referred overlap area, and the generation of a control signal for the remaining manufacturing equipment, based on parameters and criteria defined by the user. The system is composed of: an image acquisition sub-system (2) containing modules of lighting, of artificial vision and respective elements of support, fixation, conditioning and adjustment (3); a quality control computer program constituted by a module of morphologic image analysis for the detection and recognition of the overlap of the ply, detection and counting of cords in the overlap area, a module of support to the decision of acceptance/rejection of the ply based on parameters defined by the user and a module of interface with production equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Applicant: Continental Mabor - Industria de Pneus S.A.
    Inventors: Nuno Silva, Andre Puga, Antonio Maia, Ireneu Silva Dias, Agostinho Ferreira, Filipe Pinto