Stereo vision inspection system for transparent media
US6512239B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N21/958
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Apparatus and a method for the detection and identification of defects in a transparent medium, especially light diverting and transparent defects with optical properties. The apparatus comprises an extended source of illumination, first and second optical recording devices, and a means to pass the transparent medium between the extended source of illumination and the first and second optical recording devices. The first and second optical recording devices are disposed to record images at opposed acute angles from a common location on the transparent medium. The second optical recording device has two sources of laser illumination attached thereto, which are directed at the common location in a spaced apart relationship such that scattered of laser light from surfaces of the transparent medium is recorded by the first optical recording device.
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