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Method and Apparatus For Monitoring a Production Line

  • US 20110019877A1
  • Filed: 12/08/2006
  • Published: 01/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Method for monitoring a production line (1), in which objects (5) are conveyed over conveyance paths (4) between machines (2, 3), comprising the following method steps:

  • (a) generating a reference image sequence, such that it images at least one area of a conveyance path (4) to be monitored between machines (2, 3);

    (b) determining a statistical characteristic variable derived from the movement of an object (5) conveyed between machines (2, 3);

    (c) generating a test image sequence, which images the same area of a conveyance path (4) between the machines (2, 3);

    (d) determining the statistical characteristic variable derived from the movement of an object (5) for at least one of the objects (5) imaged in the test image sequence;

    (e) comparing the statistical characteristic variable determined for the test image sequence with the statistical characteristic variable determined for the reference image sequence.

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