Processing webs using printed graphic code symbol relating to web features

• US 9,361,550 B2
• Filed: 07/04/2013
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Original Assignee: Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance SA (Tetra Laval Holdings BV)
• Inventors: Barros, Gustavo, Palm, Lars
• Primary Examiner(s): Rogers, Scott A
• Application Number:
  US14/420,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20150286900A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,069 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B41F 13/025 Registering devices
• CPC Class Codes: B41F 19/00 Apparatus or machines for carrying out printing operations combined with other operations
• CPC Class Codes: B41F 33/0081 Devices for scanning register marks
• CPC Class Codes: B41P 2213/90 Register control
• CPC Class Codes: B41P 2233/52 for registering
• CPC Class Codes: B65B 61/025 for applying, e.g. printing, code or date marks on material prior to packaging
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/024 for printing on segmented surfaces, e.g. sticker sheets, label rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06009 with optically detectable marking G06K19/063, G06K19/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0614 the marking being selective to wavelength, e.g. color barcode or barcodes only visible under UV or IR methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers using a selected wavelength, see G06K7/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1447 extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code

Abstract

An arrangement comprising at least one first processing machine arranged to process a web, and a scanning device arranged to scan the web. The arrangement also comprises a computing device configured to: receive image data of the web, analyze the data, and generate a graphic code symbol based on the analysis, and a printing device arranged to print the graphic symbol on the web for marking a web with data relating to features of the web. At least one second processing machine is arranged to further process the web, a reading device is arranged to read the graphic code symbol of the web, and a control device is configured to: receive image data relating to the graphic code symbol, decode the graphic code symbol to retrieve information regarding features of the web, and control the second processing machine to adapt the further processing of the web according to the features.

Claims

1. An arrangement comprising:

at least one first processing machine arranged to process a web;

a scanning device arranged to scan; and

a computing device configured to;

receive image data of said web;

analyze said data; and

generate a graphic code symbol based on said analysis; and

a printing device arranged to print said graphic symbol on said web for marking a web with data relating to features of said web.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said computing device is configured to analyze said image data by:

identifying at least one of said features and

comparing said identified feature to a template.

3. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said printing device is arranged to print the graphic code symbol in a manner not visible to the naked eye.

4. The arrangement claim 1, wherein said printing device is arranged to print the graphic code symbol on a side of the web 110, 210 to be on an inside of a resulting product.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one second processing machine arranged to further process said web

a reading device arranged to read said graphic code symbol of said web; and

a control device configured to;

receive image data relating to said graphic code symbol;

decode said graphic code symbol to retrieve information regarding features of said web; and

control said at least one second processing machine to adapt said further processing of said web according to said features.

6. An arrangement comprising:

at least one processing machine arranged to process a web;

a reading device arranged to read a graphic code symbol of said web; and

a control device configured to;

receive image data relating to said graphic code symbol;

decode said graphic code symbol to retrieve information regarding features of said web; and

control said at least one processing machine to adapt said further processing of said web according to said features.

7. The arrangement according to claim 6, wherein said control device is configured to retrieve said information regarding the features of said web by decoding said graphic code symbol to retrieve an identifier for said web and retrieve information regarding said feature from a data storage based on said identifier.

8. The arrangement of claim 6, wherein the control device is configured to control the processing machine to process the web according to the information retrieved regarding features of the web, such that different processing of the web is carried out for different features on the web.

9. A process for controlling an arrangement comprising at least one first processing machine arranged to process a web, said process comprising:

scanning said web to provide data of said web;

analyzing said data;

generating a graphic code symbol based on said analysis; and

printing said graphic symbol on said web for marking a web with data relating to features of said web.

10. The process of claim 9, further comprising at least one second processing machine arranged to further process the web, the process further comprising:

decoding said graphic code symbol to retrieve information regarding the features of said web; and

controlling said at least one second processing machine to adapt said further processing of said web according to said features.

11. A process for controlling an arrangement comprising at least one processing machine arranged to process a web, said process comprising:

reading a graphic code symbol of said web;

decoding said graphic code symbol to retrieve information regarding features of said web; and

controlling said at least one second processing machine to adapt said further processing of said web according to said features.

12. The method of process of claim 11, wherein the controlling of the processing machine to adapt the further processing of the web according to the features, includes carrying out different processing of the web for different features on the web.