Device for the continuous quality control of containers
AssigneeAntares Vision S.P.A.
InventorsMassimo Bonardi, Emidio Zorzella
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Abstract
A continuous quality control device for containers in a roto-revolutionary movement consists of making said containers pass in front of lighting means, capturing by at least one single sequential image capturing device each of said containers in rotation, obtaining an optical reconstruction of said containers and controlling their quality according to said optical reconstruction, characterised in that said lighting means is equipped with stroboscopic control means that allows the illumination of said containers in counterphase from at least two different angles of incidence and the capturing of at least two overlapping images in the same angular rotation position of said container in its own housing with respect to said image capturing device.
Claims13
A continuous quality control device for containers comprising:
- a rotating carousel comprising, circumferentially a plurality of housings adapted to allow each container housed therein to make a rotation movement about its own vertical axis by means of rotation device,
- an optical reconstruction device reconstructing the characteristics of each of said containers being provided
- a lighting device lighting said container and
- a capturing device capturing multiple sequential images of said container during its rota-revolutionary movement,
- wherein said optical reconstruction device is rigidly connected with subsequent angular positions of said rotating carousel during its rotation, said angular positions being connected with the angular and sequential position of each of said housings of said containers,
- a synchronization device synchronizes said captured images and said angular positions of said carousel and of said housings of said containers,
- wherein said lighting device comprises:
- at least two lights which illuminate each container from at least two different angles of incidence,
- a stroboscopic control which allows the lighting and capturing by said capturing device of sequential images of at least two of said images of said container overlapping in the same angular rotation position of said container in its own housing with respect to said image capturing device.
A continuous quality control device for containers in a roto-revolutionary movement consists of making said containers pass in front of lighting means, capturing by at least one single sequential image capturing device each of said containers in rotation, obtaining an optical reconstruction of said containers and controlling their quality according to said optical reconstruction, characterised in that said lighting means is equipped with stroboscopic control means that allows the illumination of said containers in counterphase from at least two different angles of incidence and the capturing of at least two overlapping images in the same angular rotation position of said container in its own housing with respect to said image capturing device.
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