EMPTY BOTTLE INSPECTION
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Abstract
An inspection device for monitoring bottles includes a lighting unit, a color-sensitive camera, and a control-and-evaluation unit. The lighting unit is arranged above a transport path of bottles to be examined and has a light-source circuit-board having light sources that emit light having a light-source color. The control-and-evaluation unit changes the light-source color to a bottle color that is determined in a region of a mouth of a bottle.
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- 18. An apparatus comprising an inspection device for monitoring bottles, said inspection device comprising a lighting unit, a color-sensitive camera, and a control-and-evaluation unit, wherein said lighting unit is arranged above a transport path of bottles to be examined, wherein said lighting unit comprises a light-source circuit-board having light sources that emit light having a light-source color, and wherein said control-and-evaluation unit is configured to change said light-source color to a bottle color that is determined in a region of a mouth of a bottle.
- 28. A method for monitoring bottles, said method comprising modulating color of light emitted by a lighting unit to maximize light transmission through a colored bottle, directing said modulated light through an open mouth of said colored bottle and onto an interior surface of said colored bottle, and capturing a transmitted portion of said modulated light.
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