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Image processing sensor system, image processing sensor control method, and image processing sensor used in image processing sensor system

  • US 10,194,095 B2
  • Filed: 07/11/2014
  • Issued: 01/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing sensor system comprising:

  • a plurality of image processing sensors each includingan imaging device having an imaging unit imaging an inspection target and a lighting unit projecting light onto the inspection target,an image processing device performing image processing on image data acquired in the imaging device and determining whether the inspection target is defective or non-defective, having a body which is separately provided from the imaging device, and connected to the imaging device with a connection cable for data communication, andan I/O connector provided on the body of the image processing device, and wherein a result signal processed and determined by the image processing device on whether the inspection target is defective or non-defective is outputted through the I/O connector,wherein the plurality of image processing sensors includes a first image processing sensor and a second image processing sensor which is adjacently provided to the first image processing sensor,the image processing sensor system includes a pair of connector pins having male pin and female pin for connecting directly in mechanical and electrical contact with each other and communicating data, one of the connector pins is provided on a side surface of the body of a first image processing device of the first image processing sensor and the other one of the connector pins is provided on a side surface of the body of a second image processing device of the second image processing sensor, the side surface of the body of the second image processing device facing to the side surface of the body of the first image processing device and,the image processing sensor system includes a communication interface provided on the body of one of the first image processing device or the second image processing device, the image data processed therein is transmitted to an external computer or display device via the communication interface,the other one of the first image processing device or the second image processing device is configured to transmit an image data acquired in the imaging device thereof to the external computer or display device through the pair of connector pins and via the communication interface, andthe first image processing device and the second image processing device are connected directly in mechanical and electrical contact with each other through the pair of connector pins, andwherein the first image processing sensor and the second image processing sensor are connected to each other so that data communication of data including the image data can be performed therebetween through the pair of connector pins, andthe first image processing device transmits a signal relating to the completion of projecting light to the second image processing device, andthe second image processing device transmits a signal to start projecting light and imaging after receiving through the pair of connector pins the signal relating the completion of projecting light,wherein the plurality of image processing sensors has an Ethernet switch, respectively, andthe other one of the first image processing device and the second image processing device is configured to transmit the image data to the external computer or display device via the Ethernet switch of the image processing sensor and the communication interface.

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