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Automatic detection of coating flaws

US8000515B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Brinz · Bissingen, DE
Jane Lewis · Wales, GB
Markus Tiefenbacher · Fellbach, DE
Thomas Geiger · Regensburg, DE
Tobias Burk · Lörrach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 17, 2007
Grant date	Aug 16, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/35
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and a device for inspecting surface coatings on workpieces, in particular of lacquer coatings, using an image capture and/or image processing system. The image capture and/or image processing system is designed to measure and/or process electromagnetic radiation from surface coating and/or a layer beneath it which is at least partially outside of the visible wavelength range.

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