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US 11,237,118 B2Granted
Method and system for determining package integrity
AssigneeYoran Imaging Ltd.
InventorsYoav Weinstein, Eran Sinbar
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Abstract
Methods and systems for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, including imaging at least part of the sealing region of the container using a camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.76 μm-14 μm; during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed; and identifying, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, defects in the sealing region.
Claims17
A method for detecting and monitoring defects in a sealing region of a container, the method comprising:
- imaging at least a part of the sealing region of the container using at least one imaging camera, operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.01 μm-14 μm;
- wherein the imaging is performed during and/or after the filling of the container with a filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed;
- estimating, based on at least one frame obtained from the imaging, an anticipated sealing efficiency prior to the sealing of the container, wherein the estimating comprises identifying a contamination on the container by the filling material, based at least on differences in the emissivity of the container and the filling material;
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- performing a big data analysis on a plurality of image frames obtained from imaging of a plurality of containers to identify a trend indicative of an inefficient filling of the container due to inaccurate nozzle position, aberrant speed of packing line, dysregulated heat of filling material, aberration in a viscosity of the filling material or any combination thereof.
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A packaging system comprising:
- a package line comprising at least a filling station for filling a container with a filling material and a sealing station for sealing of the container;
- wherein the filling station comprises a first imaging camera operative at a wavelength in the range of 0.01 μm-14 μm;
- wherein the first imaging camera is positioned and configured to enable imaging of at least part of a sealing region of the container during, and/or after the filling of the container with the filling material and prior to sealing of the container being completed;
- a processor configured to estimate an anticipated sealing efficiency of the container, based on images obtained from said first imaging camera, wherein the estimating comprises identifying a contamination on the container by the filling material, based on differences in the emissivity of the container and the filling material;
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- performing a big data analysis on a plurality of image frames obtained from imaging of a plurality of containers to identify a trend indicative of an inefficient filling of the container due to inaccurate nozzle position, aberrant speed of packing line, dysregulated heat of filling material, aberration in a viscosity of the filling material or any combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.