Apparatus and method for automated web inspection
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1. A method of inspecting a continuously moving web, comprising:
- imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving web to provide digital information, processing the digital information with at least one initial algorithm to identify regions on the web containing anomalies, extracting identified regions from the digital information, and analyzing the extracted identified regions with at least one subsequent algorithm to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the moving web.
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A method of inspecting a moving web. The method includes imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving web to provide digital information. The digitial information is then processed with an initial algorithm to identify any regions on the web containing anomalies. Image information corresponding to any identified region within the digital information is then selected. The selected image information is then analyzed with at least one subsequent algorithm to distinguish actual defects from among the anomalies.
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1. A method of inspecting a continuously moving web, comprising:
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imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving web to provide digital information, processing the digital information with at least one initial algorithm to identify regions on the web containing anomalies, extracting identified regions from the digital information, and analyzing the extracted identified regions with at least one subsequent algorithm to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the moving web. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of inspecting a continuously moving web, comprising:
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imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving optical film web to provide digital information, processing the digital information with an initial algorithm consisting of an intensity threshold followed by defect sorting based on blob size to identify regions on the web containing anomalies, extracting subimages from the identified regions in the digital information, and analyzing the extracted anomalies with the following subsequent algorithms to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the moving web, wherein each of the subsequent algorithms consists of an intensity threshold followed by defect sorting on blob size such that for each subsequent algorithm, the intensity threshold increases as the minimum blob size decreases.
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14. A method of inspecting a web, comprising:
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imaging a sequential portion of the web to provide digital information, processing the digital information with at least one initial algorithm to identify regions on the web containing anomalies, extracting identified regions from the digital information, and analyzing the extracted identified regions with at least one subsequent algorithm to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the web.
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15. An apparatus for inspecting a continuously moving web, comprising:
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an imaging device for imaging a sequential portion of the continuously moving web to provide digital information, and computational equipment for processing the digital information with an initial algorithm to identify regions on the web containing anomalies, then extracting identified regions from the digital information, and then analyzing the extracted identified regions with at least one subsequent algorithm to determine which anomalies represent actual defects in the moving web.
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