| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 382142000 | Bottle inspection | 12 |
| 20100158344 | INSPECTION DEVICE | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100220919 | Method and installation for detecting foreign bodies inside a container - The invention relates to an installation for detecting the presence of a foreign body ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100290695 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING ELEVATIONS AND/OR DEPRESSIONS ON BOTTLES, IN PARTICULAR IN A LABELING MACHINE - A device for detecting elevations and/or depressions on bottles, in particular in a labeling machine, the device comprising a lighting unit with a light screen for generating a light reflection on a bottle to be examined and at least one camera for detecting the light reflection. By areas of varying luminance being formed on the light screen, molding seams can be reliably detected over a large area of the bottle wall and embossings can be located in various rotational positions of the bottle. The invention also relates to a method for applying the device. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100322504 | IMPURITY DETECTION DEVICE - An impurity detection device includes a rotation unit, a light emitting unit, a light sensor unit, and an analysis unit. The rotation unit on which the bottle is loaded spins the bottle at a high speed and subsequently and instantaneously terminates spinning of the bottle. The light emitting unit generates light to pass through the bottle. The light sensor unit detects the light passing through the bottle, and captures a plurality of images of the light passed through the bottle after spinning of the bottle has been terminated and at different time intervals. The analysis unit receives the captured images from the light sensor unit, and compares the captured images to determine whether an impurity is present in the bottle. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110299757 | Prescription Bottle Imaging System and Method - The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription bottles and one or more label cameras for capturing images of the bottle labels. The images are stored on a storage device in a database record. The images can be used to verify that the pills in each bottle correspond with the associated prescription. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20130039564 | PRESCRIPTION BOTTLE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The invention is directed to a prescription imaging system for capturing, storing and displaying images of prescription bottles during the prescription fulfillment process to monitor the quality of the fulfillment process. The system includes one or more pill cameras for capturing images of pills dispensed into one or more prescription bottles and one or more label cameras for capturing images of the bottle labels. The images are stored on a storage device in a database record. The images can be used to verify that the pills in each bottle correspond with the associated prescription. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20140119634 | GLASS BOTTLE INSPECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The glass bottle inspection method and apparatus performs successively producing differential images from original images successively captured from the glass bottle to be inspected while the glass bottle is being rotated about its own axis, comparing the differential images with the template to judge whether the glass bottle is defect-free or not, and combining all the differential images obtained from the glass bottle to be inspected in one inspection cycle to produce a differential composite image, using the differential composite image as a provisional template when all the differential images obtained from the glass bottle in one inspection cycle are judged as representing a defect-free glass bottle, and correcting the template using the provisional template. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140161343 | INSPECTION UNIT - A method for processing a container includes inspecting it by using an optical recorder of an inspection unit, capturing container image data representative of actual images, sending it to an evaluation and control unit of the inspection unit having a main processor and a graphics card having graphics processors, using the graphics card, comparing the actual images with desired images at least in part by using the graphics processors for pipelining calculations associated with the comparison, and then finally, using the graphics card, sending evaluated data representative of the comparison to the main processor. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140185917 | DISPENSARY EMBOSSED CHARACTER CONTAINER LABELING - In a method and apparatus for identifying an embossed character, light of one color is directed in one direction across the embossed character to illuminate certain character parts and light of another color is directed in another direction across the embossed character to illuminate other character parts. Image data for the two colors are captured and are subjected to separate image processing to detect edges highlighted by the directed light. The processed images are combined and supplemented with OCR analysis before being compared with predicted characters. Based on the comparison, a determination is made as to the probable identity of the character. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20150010229 | Method and Apparatus for Checking a Screw Closure Torque Without Contact - The torque which is required to open a plastic screw closure which is screwed onto a bottle is determined without contact by the rotation position of the screwed-on plastic screw closure in relation to the bottle being established. The rotation position is established by evaluating an image on the basis of a mark on the bottle and a mark on the screw closure. Ventilation slots which interrupt the turns of the screw thread on the bottle neck can be used as the mark on the bottle, and a predetermined breaking point on a securing ring of the screw closure can be used as the mark on the screw closure. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150071523 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING CONTAINERS, SUCH AS BOTTLES OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS - A method and apparatus for inspecting containers, such as bottles or similar containers. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160163034 | Remote Pharmaceutical Verification - A pill verification system obtains a prescription filled at a pharmacy and gathers information of the pills being dispensed for a remote pharmacist to verify the prescription. As pills are dispensed to a pill vial to fill the prescription, a pill imaging system captures images of the pills, and a pill vial imaging system captures an image of the pill vial. The prescription, pill images, and pill vial image are transmitted to a remote verification system. A pharmacist is presented with the prescription, images of substantially all pills filling the prescription, and the pill vial of the prescription to verify the prescription is correct. The remote verification system may present prescriptions filled from many different pharmacies, permitting increased rate of verification and one pharmacist to support many pharmacies. The pharmacist's verification is transmitted to the pill verification system and displayed for a technician to complete verification of the pills. | 06-09-2016 |
