| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 382143000 | Inspection of packaged consumer goods | 15 |
| 20100008561 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING PRODUCTS AND/OR PACKAGES - A system for authenticating products and/or packages, comprising a unit for acquiring primary configurations which represent meaningful images and for generating secondary configurations for the authentication marking of products and/or packages; a unit for applying the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and a unit for recognizing the secondary configurations applied to the product and/or package. All the units are provided with means for mutual connection in an active configuration for transmitting digital data. A method for authenticating products and/or packages comprises the acquisition of primary configurations which represent meaningful images; the generation of secondary configurations for marking; the application of the generated secondary configurations to a product and/or package; and the recognition of the authenticity of the product and/or package. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100080442 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONTAINER INSPECTION - Apparatus, systems, and methods to recognize features on bottom surfaces of containers on a container production line, detect defects in the containers, and correlate the defects to specific production equipment of the container production line, based in part on the recognized features. The system includes imaging apparatus, programmable processing devices, and controllers. The methods include imaging techniques and estimation techniques. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20110170764 | Method of Taking an Image of an Object Residing in a Transparent, Colored Container - A method of acquiring an image of a pharmaceutical in a colored, transparent pharmaceutical vial includes the steps of: providing a generally cylindrical, colored, transparent pharmaceutical vial having a closed lower end, the lower end having a radially outward lower section, a radially inward upper section, and a transition section that merges with the upper and lower sections; identifying the transition section of the vial with a vision system; detecting the color of the transition section; illuminating the vial; acquiring an image of the vial and pharmaceutical; and adjusting the colors of the image based on the color of the transition section. In some embodiments, the method further comprises the step of comparing the image to a pre-stored image of an expected pharmaceutical to determine whether the identity of the pharmaceutical in the vial matches the identity of the expected pharmaceutical. This method can improve the reliability and consistency of the images produced. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20120230578 | CIGARETTE INSPECTION DEVICE - A cigarette inspection device for inspecting a filter quality through an inspection image of filter end faces in a bundle of cigarettes for accurately detecting, for example, only contaminations. A pattern image is used for detecting a cigarette location on the basis of a preset location of each cigarette in the cigarette bundle and a search area on the inspection image is set. The pattern image is shifted within the search area, thereby obtaining a position at which the pattern image coincides with an image of the filter end face. An image of a filter end face of the cigarette is cut out from the inspection image according to the detected position, and quality (contamination) is inspected. Inspection results obtained with respect to the cigarettes are aggregated, and a judgment is made on the quality (presence or absence of a contamination) of the filter end face. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120257812 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF AN ADDITIVE IN AN ARTICLE - A method for determining the location of an additive, especially an additive that is not visible to a consumer, in an article with respect to a surface feature of the article is provided. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120328180 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF UNDETECTED ASSETS - In logistic scenarios where multiple assets are stacked to form a package of assets, it is often important to determine the number and types of assets which are stacked together. Various systems and methods of determining the content of a package of assets are known in the art, however, there are cases in which they fail to detect one or more assets and also fail to provide any indication that an asset has been overlooked or is missing. According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system and method that enable to automatically detect one or more assets in a package which are missing. According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a system and method for detecting the number of missing assets and also specific characteristics of each of one or more missing assets. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130177233 | QUALITY CONTROL METHOD FOR A MACHINE FOR PRODUCING PACKAGING - A quality control method for a machine for processing flat objects for producing packaging: A prepress file for packaging is used to define, in an extremely simple and quick way, masked zones which define which parts of the surface of the object are the parts in which the defects are not to be considered. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20140198971 | FAILURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND FAILURE DETECTION METHOD - A failure detection system that includes an image processing unit configured to acquire a morphological image illustrating a morphology of the absorbent article after processing of the absorbent article, in each of the plurality of steps, a failure detection unit configured to detect the existence of a failure location of the absorbent article after processing, based on the morphological image acquired by the image processing unit, and an image display unit configured to display an image of the absorbent article after processing, when a failure location of the absorbent article is detected by the failure detection unit. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140233842 | CHARACTERISTIC VERIFICATION SYSTEM - Described is a characteristic verification system that includes security marks, devices, systems and methods that may be used to authenticate a material good and to provide strong brand protection. A device, such as a smartphone, that includes a software application, a camera and a light source, may be used to interrogate the security mark and connect to remote servers to authenticate the material good at varying levels of assurance. In addition to authenticating the good, the system may also authenticate the user and provide different information to different users and/or limit information that is provided unauthenticated users. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140270467 | System for Anti-Tamper Parcel Packaging, Shipment, Receipt, and Storage - An apparatus and system for secure packaging, shipment, receipt and storage of mail, parcels and parcels is described. The apparatus includes an appliqué with a multitude of sensitized residue within that surround the parcel; the residue in the media forms a unique optical fingerprint, which is an exemplar image data for comparison. Substantial damage to one or more fibers alters the optical fingerprint pattern. The data is read and independently verified at waypoints and the destination. Comparing the current image data to the exemplar image data indicates damage or tampering. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150317779 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processing system includes an imaging device, an angle detecting unit, a relative angle calculating unit, and a relative angle correcting unit. The imaging device captures an image of an object to be inspected. The angle detecting unit detects an angle of the imaging device. The relative angle calculating unit calculates a relative angle between the object to be inspected and the imaging device. The relative angle correcting unit corrects a tilt indicated by the relative angle calculated by the relative angle calculating unit. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150348256 | Inspection System - An imaging module takes an image of an area which includes the tipping paper, the filter and the cigarette roll of a smoking article seated on the rolling drum. A processing module processes the image taken by the imaging module. The area of the image taken by the imaging module is divided into a first area in which the tipping paper is positioned and a second area in which the filter is positioned. The processing module determines a defect by detecting the image on the first area and the second area. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160189356 | CUSTOMS INSPECTION AND RELEASE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for customs inspection and release are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a device layer of devices for inspection and release, at least some of which generate subject detection data. The system also includes an adaptor layer of adaptors corresponding to the devices that receive detection data from its corresponding device and convert it into an event in a formatted message. The system also includes a message service layer including a bus that receives events from the adaptor layer and constructs event messages based on them. The system also includes a processing control layer that receives and processes event messages, generates instructions associated with them, and transmits the instructions to the message service layer, which constructs instruction messages based on the received instructions and transmits them to the adaptor layer. The adaptor layer converts them into device instructions that operate based on them. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160379361 | MEDICINE PACKET INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A medicine packet inspection apparatus is provided. The medicine packet inspection apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer medicine packets containing medicines, a photographing unit configured to photograph each medicine packet, a lighting unit configured to provide light to the medicine packet, and a controller configured to control the lighting unit to sequentially provide lights of different colors to the medicine packet and to control the photographing unit to photograph the medicine packet plural times corresponding to the lights of different colors. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20180024074 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF COUNTERFEIT OR ADULTERATED PRODUCTS AND/OR PACKAGING | 01-25-2018 |
