Systems and methods for article inspections
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1. A method of using an inspection processor, comprising:
- receiving one or more articles at an inspection station comprising the inspection processor;
identifying, by the inspection processor, one of the articles by reading a unique identifier associated with the one of the articles received at the inspection station;
inspecting the identified article based on at least one quality criterion including odor of the identified article;
updating an article tracking system in communication with the inspection processor based on the identifier of the inspected article and the result of the inspection, wherein the article tracking system includes an inspection history that includes a failure history for the identified article;
determining, by the inspection processor, when the failure history for the identified article indicates a number of failures for odor that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold number of failures; and
removing the identified article from circulation, either temporarily or permanently, based on the determination by the inspection processor that the failure history of the identified article indicates that the number of failures for odor is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold number of failures.
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A method of using an inspection processor includes receiving one or more articles at an inspection station, and identifying, by the inspection processor, one of the articles by reading a unique identifier associated with the one of the articles. The method also includes inspecting the article based on at least one quality criterion, and updating an article tracking system based on the result of the inspection and the identifier.
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1. A method of using an inspection processor, comprising:
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receiving one or more articles at an inspection station comprising the inspection processor; identifying, by the inspection processor, one of the articles by reading a unique identifier associated with the one of the articles received at the inspection station; inspecting the identified article based on at least one quality criterion including odor of the identified article; updating an article tracking system in communication with the inspection processor based on the identifier of the inspected article and the result of the inspection, wherein the article tracking system includes an inspection history that includes a failure history for the identified article; determining, by the inspection processor, when the failure history for the identified article indicates a number of failures for odor that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold number of failures; and removing the identified article from circulation, either temporarily or permanently, based on the determination by the inspection processor that the failure history of the identified article indicates that the number of failures for odor is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold number of failures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of inspecting an article using an inspection processor, comprising:
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receiving one or more articles at an inspection station comprising the inspection processor; identifying, by the inspection processor, one of the articles by reading an identifier associated with the one of the articles received at the inspection station; displaying, on a display, an image representative of the identified article; inspecting the identified article based on at least one quality criterion including odor of the identified article; updating an article tracking system in communication with the inspection processor based on the identifier of the inspected article and the result of the inspection, wherein the article tracking system includes an inspection history that includes a failure history for the identified article; determining, by the inspection processor, when the failure history for the identified article indicates a number of failures for odor that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold number of failures; and removing the identified article from circulation, either temporarily or permanently, based on the determination by the inspection processor that the failure history of the identified article indicates that the number of failures for odor is equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold number of failures. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An inspection system, comprising:
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an inspection processor configured to communicate with an article tracking system that stores information for a plurality of articles; a plurality of identifiers associated with corresponding articles of the plurality of articles; and an identifier reading device configured to read the plurality of identifiers; wherein the inspection processor is configured to; receive article information associated with a first one of the articles by identifying the first one of the articles based on encoded information received from the identifier reading device, wherein the article information is provided by the article tracking system to the inspection processor; receive a failure history from the article tracking system, the failure history being included in an inspection history for the identified article stored in the article tracking system; and determine when the failure history for the identified article indicates a number of failures for odor that is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold number of failures. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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