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Apparatus and method for automated web inspection

  • US 7,027,934 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2003
  • Issued: 04/11/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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, wherein the extracted identified regions represent a portion of the digital information, andanalyzing 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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