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US 12,430,745 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 about 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.
Claims20
A method for improving packaging line sealing performance, the method comprising:
- capturing a plurality of images of at least a part of a sealing region of a plurality of containers sealed at the packaging line, wherein the imagining is performed using at least one imaging camera operative at a wavelength in the range of about 0.9 μm-14 μm;
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- analyzing the plurality of images to detect and/or predict a packaging line deficiency, wherein the packaging line deficiency is a deficiency in sealing performance and/or sealing quality.
A packaging system comprising:
- a package line comprising at least a filling station for filling a plurality of containers with a filling material and a sealing station for sealing of the plurality of containers;
- an imaging camera operative at a wavelength in the range of about 0.01 μm-14 μm, the imaging camera positioned and configured to enable imaging of at least part of a sealing region of the plurality of containers processed on the packaging line;
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- a processor configured to
- capture a plurality of images of at least a part of a sealing region of the plurality of containers processed on the packaging line, wherein the imagining is performed using at least one imaging camera operative at a wavelength in the range of about 0.9 μm-14 μm;
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- analyzing the plurality of images to detect and/or predict a packaging line deficiency, wherein the packaging line deficiency is a deficiency in sealing performance and/or sealing quality.
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