Device for testing and/or measurement of test samples

• US 20010021013A1
• Filed: 03/13/2001
• Published: 09/13/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visicontrol Gesellschaft Fur Elektronische Bildverarbeitung mbH
• Original Assignee: Visicontrol Gesellschaft Fur Elektronische Bildverarbeitung mbH
• Inventors: Jauch, Volker, Knam, Andreas, Hecht, Walter
• Application Number:
  US09/803,912
• Publication Number:
  US 20010021013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 356/51
• CPC Class Codes: G01B 11/2433 for measuring outlines by shadow casting

Abstract

A device (1) for the inspection and/or measurement of objects by means of an image processing apparatus is provided, whereby the objects to be checked are laying on a transport belt (2) and are recorded by process of transillumination. The device constructed in accordance with the invention can be produced more inexpensively while causing less disturbance to persons located in the vicinity of the device because of light effects. According to the invention this is accomplished by the illumination unit comprising at least one infrared light source (5).

Claims

1. Device for inspection and/or measurement of objects by means of an image processing apparatus, whereby a transport belt with a deposit surface for receipt and transport of the objects as well as providing an illumination unit on the opposite side for the transillumination of the transport belt and the utilization of a camera directed at the objects that are positioned on the transport band, characterized whereby the illumination unit (5) comprises an infrared light source.

2. Device according to

claim 1

characterized whereby the camera 8 is adapted to the bandwidth frequency of the light source.

3. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby a filter permitting infrared light to pass through is located in front of the camera (8).

4. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby by providing a diffusor.

5. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby the diffusor is integrated into the transport belt.

6. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby the transport belt comprises at least one texture layer (13) and a transport layer (14).

7. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby a polyamide texture layer and/or a polyamide transport layer is provided in the transport belt.

8. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby an illumination unit comprises at least one IR-LED (5).

9. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby the illumination unit comprises an LED array (5).

10. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby two transport belts are angularly arranged.

11. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby a level transport belt and two transport belts that are angled toward one another are arranged in succession.

12. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby the level transport belt is designed as isolation unit on the way towards two angled belts.

13. Device according to one of the previous claims characterized whereby at least one transport belt is inclined to the horizontal plane in the direction of transport to compensate for a possible slip of an object on the transport belt.