Patents by Inventor Eran Sinbar

Eran Sinbar 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: 20240054629
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of about 0.76 ?m-14 ?m; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
  • Patent number: 11836908
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.76 ?m-14 ?m; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Patent number: 11568532
    Abstract: Method and system for determining sealing integrity and/or contamination of the sealing region by the filling material of a heat-sealed container, including imaging at least a part of a sealing region of the container using an imaging camera; wherein the imaging is performed during movement and/or transport of the container at a predetermined speed; and wherein the imaging is performed while moving the field of view of the camera in a same direction as the container, wherein the moving of the field of view is configured to reduce the velocity of the container relative to the imaging camera sufficiently to reduce smearing of images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Publication number: 20220222809
    Abstract: Method and system for determining sealing integrity and/or contamination of the sealing region by the filling material of a heat-sealed container, including imaging at least a part of a sealing region of the container using an imaging camera; wherein the imaging is performed during movement and/or transport of the container at a predetermined speed; and wherein the imaging is performed while moving the field of view of the camera in a same direction as the container, wherein the moving of the field of view is configured to reduce the velocity of the container relative to the imaging camera sufficiently to reduce smearing of images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
  • Patent number: 11321823
    Abstract: Method and system for determining sealing integrity and/or contamination of the sealing region by the filling material of a heat-sealed container, including imaging at least a part of a sealing region of the container using an imaging camera; wherein the imaging is performed during movement and/or transport of the container at a predetermined speed; and wherein the imaging is performed while moving the field of view of the camera in a same direction as the container, wherein the moving of the field of view is configured to reduce the velocity of the container relative to the imaging camera sufficiently to reduce smearing of images obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Publication number: 20220114720
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.76 ?m-14 ?m; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
  • Patent number: 11237118
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.76 ?m-14 ?m; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Publication number: 20210049752
    Abstract: Method and system for determining sealing integrity and/or contamination of the sealing region by the filling material of a heat-sealed container, including imaging at least a part of a sealing region of the container using an imaging camera; wherein the imaging is performed during movement and/or transport of the container at a predetermined speed; and wherein the imaging is performed while moving the field of view of the camera in a same direction as the container, wherein the moving of the field of view is configured to reduce the velocity of the container relative to the imaging camera sufficiently to reduce smearing of images obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
  • Publication number: 20200049632
    Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.76 ?m-14 ?m; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
  • Patent number: 9791395
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting thermal sealing defects of a container during its transportation along a process line. The method is particularly suitable for containers caped with a cap liner and sealed with an inner seal. The method makes use of a high frequency heat (e.g. by a high frequency heat induction unit) to cause eddy current in the inner seal after which there is sensing by an IR imager of radiation emitted from the conductive innerseal to generate sensed IR image data indicative of the sensed radiation. The sensing is characterized by at least one of (i) a time window of a sensing session of between 50 msec to 300 msec during which said container is being transported through the FOV; and (ii) a sensing range of a wavelength spectrum region from 2 ?m to 6 ?m. The IR data is then processed so as to generate output data indicative of the presence or absence of at least one defect in the sealing of the container by said innerseal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Publication number: 20160054245
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting thermal sealing defects of a container during its transportation along a process line. The method is particularly suitable for containers caped with a cap liner and sealed with an inner seal. The method makes use of a high frequency heat (e.g. by a high frequency heat induction unit) to cause eddy current in the inner seal after which there is sensing by an IR imager of radiation emitted from the conductive innerseal to generate sensed IR image data indicative of the sensed radiation. The sensing is characterized by at least one of (i) a time window of a sensing session of between 50 msec to 300 msec during which said container is being transported through the FOV; and (ii) a sensing range of a wavelength spectrum region from 2 ?m to 6 ?m. The IR data is then processed so as to generate output data indicative of the presence or absence of at least one defect in the sealing of the container by said innerseal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran Sinbar
  • Publication number: 20150192525
    Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products in a manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Eran SINBAR, Yoav Weinstein
  • Patent number: 9008408
    Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products in a manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20140252237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of detecting the presence of a microorganism in a tested sample, the method comprises: illuminating the tested sample; and generating one or more infrared (IR) images of the sample using an IR detector operable to detect, in its field of view, radiation reflected and/or transmitted from the test sample in the IR spectral region of 0.75 to 20 ?m or spectral region therein; wherein the radiation, imaged in the one or more IR images, is indicative of the presence of a microorganism in the test sample. The method according to the present disclosure is utilized in determining the efficiency of an anti-microbial agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
  • Patent number: 8586928
    Abstract: A system and a method for determining the authenticity of a pharmaceutical product. The product is actively cooled to a temperature below ambient temperature. One or more thermographic IR images of the product are acquired in a wavelength or wavelength spectrum selected from the mid wave IR (MWIR) to very long wave IR (VLWIR) spectrum. At least one of the images is acquired while the temperature of the product is below ambient temperature. The acquired one or more images of the product or a quantified value deduced therefrom are compared with a signature of a reference drug. The comparison is displayed, thereby enabling determination of the authenticity of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Semi-Conductor Devices—An Elbit Systems-Rafael Partnership
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
  • Patent number: 8186874
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal system for determining the authenticity of a pharmaceutical product, said system comprises: (a) a signal generator and heat/cooling source for applying a temperature variation signal to a pharmaceutical product; (b) a thermal apparatus for: (b.1.) following or during an application of said temperature variation signal to an authentic pharmaceutical product, acquiring at predefined controlled conditions an authenticity signature of said authentic product, said authenticity signature comprises at least one temperature measurement of said authentic product, each of said temperature measurements describes the reaction over time of the authentic product to said temperature variation signal; (b.2.) storing said acquired authenticity signature in a memory; and (b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Semi-Conductor Devices—An Elbit Systems-Rafael Partnership
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20120012750
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermography IR system for determining the authenticity of a pharmaceutical product, the system comprises: (a) a thermography IR apparatus for: (a.1) acquiring at predefined controlled conditions an authenticity signature of an authentic pharmaceutical product, said authenticity signature comprises at least one thermography image of said authentic product, each of said images describes the distribution over said product of the IR radiation in an MWIR or LWIR spectrum as a function of temperature and emissivity; (a.2) storing said acquired authenticity signature in a memory; and (a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20110293166
    Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products (108 in a manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
  • Publication number: 20110200067
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermal system for determining the authenticity of a pharmaceutical product, said system comprises: (a) a signal generator and heat/cooling source for applying a temperature variation signal to a pharmaceutical product; (b) a thermal apparatus for: (b.1.) following or during an application of said temperature variation signal to an authentic pharmaceutical product, acquiring at predefined controlled conditions an authenticity signature of said authentic product, said authenticity signature comprises at least one temperature measurement of said authentic product, each of said temperature measurements describes the reaction over time of the authentic product to said temperature variation signal; (b.2.) storing said acquired authenticity signature in a memory; and (b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein