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Method and device for optically inspecting containers

US12209970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventors

Anton Niedermeier · Offenstetten, DE
Rainer Kwirandt · Barbing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 24, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2021/8845
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for optically inspecting containers, wherein the containers are transported to an inspection unit with an illumination unit and with a camera, wherein the illumination unit emits light from a flat light-emitting surface, wherein the light is transmitted or reflected via the containers, wherein the camera captures a respective at least one of the containers and the light transmitted or reflected via same in at least one camera image, and wherein the at least one camera image is analysed by an image processing unit for intensity information in order to identify foreign bodies and/or defects in the container.

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