System and method for performing production line product identification

A system for processing containers on a production line, the system comprising:

• a plurality of image acquisition devices positioned proximate to an inspection location on a production line, each of the plurality of image acquisition devices adapted to capture a plurality of images of a plurality of containers transiting across the production line;
• and
• a control device electronically coupled to the plurality of image acquisition devices, the control device including
• a data storage region for storing packaging pattern data associated with a plurality of products processed on the production line,
• wherein a portion of the packaging pattern data includes one or more groupings of product pattern data, wherein each of the one or more groupings of product pattern data includes a plurality of product patterns associated with a respective product of the plurality of products, and
• one or more processors configured to, for each respective container of the plurality of containers transiting across the production line,
• identify, from the plurality of images captured by the plurality of image acquisition devices, one or more images of the plurality of images containing features of a product of the plurality of products portrayed on the respective container,
• extract, from the one or more images, the features of the product portrayed on the respective container,
• determine, from the extracted features in each respective image of the one or more images, a quality score of the respective image, wherein the quality score indicates a suitability of the respective image for positively identifying the product,
• identify, based on analysis of respective extracted features of an image of the one or more images having a highest quality score of the determined quality scores, a respective product grouping of the one or more groupings of product pattern data for the respective container based on a correspondence between the extracted features of the image having the highest quality score and respective pattern data from the respective product grouping,
• determine, based on the respective product grouping associated with the respective container, whether a match condition exists between the product associated with the respective container and a predetermined product of the plurality of products, and
• cause actuation, responsive to failing to identify the match condition, of a rejection device to remove the respective container from the production line.