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US 12,529,661 B2Granted
Inspection apparatus
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKeiko Inoue
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Abstract
An inspection apparatus includes a grasping unit configured to grasp a container in which a liquid is charged, an inclination unit configured to at least incline the container around a first axis with the grasping unit grasping the container, and a change unit configured to change an area of the container imaged by an imaging apparatus by changing relative orientations of the container and the imaging apparatus around a second axis different from the first axis.
Claims6
An inspection apparatus comprising:
- a grasper comprising arms configured to grasp a container in which a liquid is charged;
- a first motor that functions as an inclination unit configured to at least incline the container around a first axis with the grasper grasping the container;
- and
- a second motor that functions as a change unit configured to change an area of the container imaged by an imaging apparatus by changing relative orientations of the container and the imaging apparatus around a second axis different from the first axis, wherein:
- the second motor that functions as the change unit is configured to change the relative orientations of the container and the imaging apparatus around the second axis by rotating the container around the second axis,
- a rotation speed at which the second motor that functions as the change unit rotates the container is different from a rotation speed at which the first motor that functions as the inclination unit inclines the container, and
- the second motor that functions as the change unit is configured to rotate the container at a predetermined speed so that foreign matters in the container are prevented from rising due to rotation of the container.
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An inspection method comprising:
- grasping, by a grasper comprising arms, a container in which a liquid is charged;
- inclining, using a first motor, the container around a first axis with the grasper grasping the container;
- and
- changing, using a second motor, an area of the container imaged by an imaging apparatus by changing relative orientations of the container and the imaging apparatus around a second axis different from a first axis, wherein:
- the second motor changes the relative orientations of the container and the imaging apparatus around the second axis by rotating the container around the second axis,
- a rotation speed at which the second motor rotates the container is different from a rotation speed at which the first motor inclines the container, and
- the second motor rotates the container at a predetermined speed so that foreign matters in the container are prevented from rising due to rotation of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.