Method of selecting the cutting position for a cigar wrapper on a tobacco leaf
US4204145A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 1978 |
| Grant date | May 20, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T1/0014
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of selecting the cutting position of a cigar wrapper having a given shape with respect to a natural tobacco leaf using a remotely created leaf image of a given tobacco leaf, which image includes the outline of the given leaf, the position of the leaf stem and the areas with holes in the leaf. This method comprises the steps of providing an outline image of a given cutter shape, shifting the outline image with respect to the leaf image until the outline image is in a selected position avoiding the outline, the stem and any hole areas of the leaf image, and then creating cutting coordinates indicative of said selected position for use in controlling a cutting position of the cigar wrapper cutter on a given leaf.
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