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Container inspection machine

  • US 7,120,284 B2
  • Filed: 07/18/2003
  • Issued: 10/10/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A machine for inspecting a bottle comprisinga conveyor for supporting a bottle at an inspection location, andan inspection system for inspecting a bottle at the inspection location includinga camera having an imaging surface on one side of the bottle,an L.E.D. matrix light source having a plurality of horizontal L.E.D. rows on the other side of the bottle directing light towards said camera, anda processorfor defining a vertical periodic intensity pattern having intensity peaks and valleys, for a vertical row of L.E.D.s andfor locating the L.E.D of the vertical row that locates the top of a bottle to be inspected at a peak of the periodic intensity pattern.

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