Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
348129000 | By comparison with reference object | 19 |
20080225115 | Perspective Distortion inspecting Equipment and Method of Translucent Panel - Perspective distortion inspecting equipment ( | 09-18-2008 |
20120002038 | MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING DEFORMATIONS OF ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE OBJECTS - A device and a process, for measuring deformations of an elastically deformable object, provides at least one optically detectable mark at a longitudinal position along the one elastically deformable object, as well as at least one camera with a matrix of photosensitive elements. The camera is directed towards the at least one optically detectable mark such that this is imaged on the matrix of photosensitive elements. The image data of the camera are sent to an image processing device, which is set up to determine the position of the mark on the matrix of photosensitive elements on the basis of an image recognition. A deviation of the position of the optically detectable mark from the at least one set point is determined and quantified by a computing device. | 01-05-2012 |
20130135460 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF A POSSIBLE JOINT DEFECT IN A FRICTION STIR WELD SEAM - The disclosure provides methods for the detection of a possible joint defect, in particular a root fusion defect, in a friction stir weld seam, wherein two members are joined together and the methods include generating of a tensile stress in the region of the friction stir weld seam in the elastic range, and testing in at least some regions of a lower face of the friction stir weld seam, in order to detect any joint defect. | 05-30-2013 |
20130188039 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING SHIPMENT PARCELS - Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods for receiving shipment parcels at materials handling facilities. A system comprises a tunnel and at least one sensor located in the tunnel. The system further comprises logic that obtains data that is correlated with an identifier for a shipment parcel. The logic causes the at least one sensor to collect sensor data for the shipment parcel in the tunnel. The logic further compares the sensor data with the data that is correlated with the identifier to determine whether there is an exception for the shipment parcel. | 07-25-2013 |
20140125797 | AUTOMATIC BLOOD-SAMPLING TUBE PREPARATION DEVICE - The present invention provides an automatic blood-sampling tube preparation device which can detect the presence of the proper or improper blood-sampling tube by selectively taking out a blood-sampling tube and transferring the blood-sampling tube to a label pasting position, printing information of the patient on a label, pasting the printed label on the blood-sampling tube positioned in the label pasting position, and collecting the label pasted blood-sampling tubes in the container for each patient. The device also includes photographing means for photographing an appearance of the blood-sampling tube taken out from the blood-sampling tube containing section and a control means arranged to have a threshold with respect to at least one characteristic information previously extracted from an appearance of a blood-sampling tube, to extract the characteristic information from the appearance image photographed to judge whether the blood-sampling tube corresponds to the instruction information from the doctor. | 05-08-2014 |
20140247341 | Avionic Display Testing System - A method and apparatus for testing a number of display devices. Images displayed on the number of display devices are received by a computer system for a platform during a performance of a number of tests at a number of test locations for the platform. A portion of the images from the images are identified as a number of images of interest using a policy. | 09-04-2014 |
20140313319 | DISK IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE AND DISK SORTING DEVICE - Disk image acquiring device includes a guide for guiding a peripheral surface of a disk moving in a predetermined direction along a predetermined guide line, an imaging window defining an image-taking region on the one surface of the disk, a timing sensor to take images having a detection axis traversing a moving direction of the disk and outputting a timing signal as arrival of the disk at a predetermined position on the imaging window when the peripheral surface of the disk has been detected on the detection axis, and an imager which takes an image of the one surface of the disk via the imaging window based upon the timing signal, wherein a bisector of an angle between the guide line and the detection axis is utilized as a base line, and the imaging window is extended along the base line. | 10-23-2014 |
20150022657 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE FLAW OF OBJECT - Method for detecting a surface flaw of an object using an electronic device includes requesting a detection device to control a camera unit to capture a current image of a test object placed on the detection device. The current image includes a sidewall image and a reflected image. The method obtains the current image, and detects whether the sidewall image has a surface flaw. When the sidewall image has a surface flaw, a rotation angle of the test object is determined based on the reflected image. The method obtains a standard sidewall image of a standard object stored in a storage device of the electronic device, based on the rotation angle, compares the sidewall image with the standard sidewall image, and determines and displays a position of the surface flaw on a sidewall of the test object based on the comparison. | 01-22-2015 |
20150097944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REPAIRING DEFECTS IN AN ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE USING THERMAL IMAGING | 04-09-2015 |
20150103161 | Device for Contactlessly Testing Passive Routing Substrates - A device is provided for detecting passive routing substrates. Thermal behavior deference before and after an passive routing substrate is damaged is used. Thus, a batch of passive routing substrates can be detected. The present invention does not run functional test. In addition, the passive routing substrates are not contacted and would not be damaged on detection. Thus, the present invention is used for superior and precise detection before stacking the passive routing substrates. | 04-16-2015 |
20150116482 | OBJECT INSPECTION IN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT - A method, inspecting device and computer program product enable a user in an industrial plant to inspect an object of the plant. The inspecting device is provided in a mobile terminal equipped with a viewfinder and being configured to guide the user to the location of the object in the plant, and present a reference image of the object in the viewfinder of the mobile terminal when the location of the object has been reached in order to allow the user to capture an image of the object. | 04-30-2015 |
20160185469 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT APPEARANCE INSPECTION - An aircraft appearance inspection method includes an initial data acquisition step of acquiring initial data at an initial time, an inspection data acquisition step of acquiring inspection data at the time of inspection, and a difference acquisition step of acquiring differences between the initial data and the inspection data. A first step through a third step are performed at the initial time and at the time of inspection. The first step is to radiate light toward an applicable area of an airframe of an aircraft through a member having a repetitive pattern, in which a predetermined shape is repeated, to display on the airframe a repetitive pattern corresponding to the repetitive pattern of the member. The second step is to image the applicable area over which the repetitive pattern is displayed. The third step is to acquire data of an image taken of the applicable area. | 06-30-2016 |
348130000 | With stored representation of reference object | 7 |
20090174768 | Construction imaging and archiving method, system and program - The system, method and program are adapted for collecting images of job-site conditions, and plans and specifications. The images are annotated with attributes that relate to the location, time and trades involved and other aspects of the images. Job site images are collected with a camera connected to a portable data collection device. The data collection device is programmed with image attributes for a particular project. Images are also annotated with attributes gathered by sensors, such as GPS position data, moisture sensor information, and direction information. Images with attached attributes are uploaded to a database server and indexed into a relational database. Images can be flagged and determined to be Images for Resolution which triggers automatic notification to the involved parties and follow up to confirm resolution. Authorized participants can access images in near real time, to make funding, insurance and other judgments about the project. Images are archived for safekeeping and long term storage. | 07-09-2009 |
20100085428 | MEDICINE PACKET INSPECTING APPARATUS - A medicine packet inspecting apparatus is disclosed. The medicine packet inspecting apparatus includes a transfer conveyer installed on the upper surface of a main body to transfer medicine packets to one side of the main body, a tablet spreading unit installed on the upper surface of the transfer conveyer to uniformly spread tablets within the medicine packets, an image reading unit to capture the upper surfaces of the medicine packets with a camera and to judge whether or not the tablets are defective through comparison of the captured images with information regarding a prescription and the tablets stored in a data storage unit, and a making unit to mark a defective sign on medicine packets if the tablets within the medicine packets are judged to be defective. | 04-08-2010 |
20100182423 | DISTORTION INSPECTING APPARATUS AND DISTORTION INSPECTING METHOD - A distortion inspecting apparatus, which inspects perspective distortion of a transparent object, includes a projector that projects a plurality of display points arranged at predetermined intervals, a screen that displays an image projected by the projector thereon and allows the image to pass therethrough, a pedestal that disposes the transparent object at a position where the image passed through the screen, a camera that captures the image that passed through the transparent object, and a control device that stores a reference position coordinate of the image that passed through a reference transparent object, compares the reference position coordinate with an inspection position coordinate of the image that passed through the transparent object as an object to be inspected, and calculates a displacement quantity of the reference position coordinate. | 07-22-2010 |
20130208106 | DEVICE FOR TESTING AN OPTIC - A device for testing an optic which is mountable thereon and has a central axis extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, comprising a test image, a test image table for supporting the test image, a light source for lighting the test image via the optic mountable thereon, an attaching device for mounting the optic mountable thereon, detection means placed on the attaching means for detecting the lighted test image, first guide means and second guide means co-acting with the first guide means and extending in longitudinal direction thereof for the purpose of positioning the test image table along a substantially straight line relative to the attaching device, and a signal processing device for receiving, storing and comparing detection values of the lighted test image detected by the detection means to threshold values therefor specific to the optic and prestored in a database, whereby the optic can be tested quickly and without personal influences, with a reliable test result. | 08-15-2013 |
20140125798 | METHOD FOR PRE AND POST IMAGE ASSOCIATION IN FIBER OPTIC INSPECTION - A fiber optic connector inspection display system including: a input unit which receives fiber end-face images; a display mode selection unit which allows a user to select at least one of an image capture mode or an image review mode; a capturing unit which captures the fiber end-face images; a storing unit which stores the captured images as a first still image and a second still image; a display unit which displays the received fiber end-face images from the input unit or the stored first and second still images, and a control unit which stores each of the first and second still images with a user defined identification label, and the control unit may further label the each of the first and second still images with a preset image pair mode label if the user selects a preset image pair mode. | 05-08-2014 |
20160035077 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING ERRORS ON COMPONENTS OF ROTATING MACHINES BY THERMOGRAPHY - A system for computer-based detection of damage on machine components, such as misalignments and mechanical damage on bearings and clutches, with which mathematical linkage of the temperatures of selected regions of thermography pictures are compared with reference pictures. The system can consult photographs from the visible spectral range in the computed-based assessment. | 02-04-2016 |
20160253563 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SECURED INTERACTIVE REMOTE MAINTENANCE ASSIST | 09-01-2016 |