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Method and apparatus for detecting residual yarn on spinning cop tubes

US6580813B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

W. Schlafhorst AG & Co. · DE

Inventors

Ferdinand-Josef Hermanns · Erkelenz, DE
Andreas Kruger · Donaurieden, DE
Harald Müllers · Erkelenz, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 1999
Grant date	Jun 17, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/8915
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus of detecting residual yarn on spinning cop tubes, wherein a spinning cop tube is exposed to a suitable light source; the light reflected by the spinning cop tube is detected by a suitable means, e.g., via a camera or other picture-taking device, and two-dimensional picture signals of the spinning cop tube are generated thereby on the basis of the reflected light detected in order to generate a picture matrix comprising picture data in digital form; and the picture signals thusly generated are evaluated by means of performing an edge filtering of the digital picture data in order to segment image edges corresponding to brightness transitions in the picture matrix, from which the presence of residual yarn on the spinning cop tube can be assessed based on the edge filtering.

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