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On-line web inspection system

US4237539A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 1977
Grant dateDec 2, 1980
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Expiry dateNov 21, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N21/8916
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An automatic on-line computer-aided inspection system for a running web utilizing a transverse web scanning means, detection means incorporating feature extraction and processing circuitry for generating unique output signals corresponding to said web scanning characteristic of web features of inspection interest, means converting the output signals to digital data words input sequentially to a digital computer, said computer applying one or more algorithms to said words, thereby calibrating the values of said features of said words, comparing said calibrated feature values to at least one set of product-qualifying values held in memory, and means responsive to the computer classifying the web as acceptable or non-acceptable as regards areas of preselected marketable size in the web.

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