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US 12,723,943 B2Granted
Apparatuses, systems and methods for vial seal inspection
AssigneeAmgen Inc.
InventorsAl Patrick Goodwin, Joseph Peter Bernacki, Thomas Clark Pearson, Graham F. Milne, Jonathan Parsons, Corey Bishop, Barry Donohoe, Osvaldo Perez-Varela
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, or method for vial seal inspection may be based on three-dimensional data that is representative of at least a portion of a vial seal. More particularly, apparatuses, systems, and methods for vial seal inspection may include at least one laser triangulation sensor.
Claims20
A vial seal inspection system, the system comprising:
- a laser triangulation device configured to generate vial seal distance data, wherein:
- the vial seal distance data is representative of a plurality of distance measurements correlated with points along at least a portion of a line that extends from a top of the vial seal to a bottom edge of the vial seal, and
- the laser triangulation device has a non-perpendicular scan angle to generate distance measurements including a z-axis distance component;
- a first set of computer readable instructions stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to obtain vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal periphery data is representative of a plurality of points along at least a portion of a line that extends around a periphery of the vial seal;
- a second set of computer readable instructions stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate vial seal three-dimensional data based on the vial seal distance data and the vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal three-dimensional data includes a vial seal lower edge;
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- a third set of computer readable instructions stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate vial seal inspection data based on a comparison of the vial seal three-dimensional data with previously classified vial seal three-dimensional data, wherein the vial seal inspection data is indicative of whether the vial seal includes a vial seal crimp.
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A vial seal inspection device, the device comprising:
- a sensor configured to generate vial seal distance data, wherein;
- the vial seal distance data is representative of a plurality of distance measurements correlated with points along at least a portion of a line that extends from a top of the vial seal to a bottom edge of the vial seal, and
- the sensor has a non-perpendicular scan angle to generate distance measurements including a z-axis distance component;
- a vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal periphery data is representative of a plurality of points along at least a portion of a line that extends around a periphery of the vial seal;
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- a second set of computer readable instructions stored on a memory that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate vial seal three-dimensional data based on the vial seal distance data and the vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal three-dimensional data includes a vial seal lower edge.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to generate vial seal three-dimensional data, the computer-readable medium comprising:
- a first set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive vial seal distance data from a laser triangulation device, wherein;
- the vial seal distance data is representative of a plurality of distance measurements correlated with points along at least a portion of a line that extends from a top of the vial seal to a bottom edge of the vial seal, and
- the laser triangulation device has a non-perpendicular scan angle to generate distance measurements including a z-axis distance component;
- a second set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to receive vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal periphery data is representative of a plurality of points along at least a portion of a line that extends around a periphery of the vial seal;
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- a third set of computer readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to generate vial seal three-dimensional data based on the vial seal distance data and the vial seal periphery data, wherein the vial seal three-dimensional data includes a vial seal lower edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.