Patents by Inventor Darren A. VANCE

Darren A. VANCE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20190339212
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an apparatus for package inspection. In some embodiments, the apparatus may include a light source to selectively project a first light defined by a first wavelength range to a surface of a package under inspection; an optical filter to selectively transmit, within a second wavelength range, a second light emitted by the surface of the package in response to the projection of the first light to the surface; a camera to generate one or more images of the surface, defined by the second light; and a controller coupled with the light source, optical filter, and camera, to process the one or more images, to detect a presence of a material of interest on the surface of the package, based at least in part on the first and second wavelength ranges. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Liang ZHANG, Jianyong MO, Darren A. VANCE, Di XU, Gregory S. CLEMONS, Robert F. WIEDMAIER