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).
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Publication number: 20240054629Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
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Patent number: 11836908Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Patent number: 11568532Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Publication number: 20220222809Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
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Patent number: 11321823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Publication number: 20220114720Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
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Patent number: 11237118Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: YORAN IMAGING LTD.Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Publication number: 20210049752Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
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Publication number: 20200049632Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran SINBAR
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Patent number: 9791395Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Publication number: 20160054245Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2014Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Yoav WEINSTEIN, Eran Sinbar
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Publication number: 20150192525Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products in a manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Eran SINBAR, Yoav Weinstein
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Patent number: 9008408Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products in a manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
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Publication number: 20140252237Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2012Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Yoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Patent number: 8586928Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignee: Semi-Conductor Devices—An Elbit Systems-Rafael PartnershipInventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
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Patent number: 8186874Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 7, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Semi-Conductor Devices—An Elbit Systems-Rafael PartnershipInventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
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Publication number: 20120012750Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
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Publication number: 20110293166Abstract: Thermographic imaging is used to monitor quality parameters of pharmaceutical products (108 in a manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: D.I.R. Technologies (Detection IR) Ltd.Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein
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Publication number: 20110200067Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Eran Sinbar, Yoav Weinstein