Glass Container Inspection Machine With A Graphic User Interface

A system for inspecting glass containers passing through a glass container inspection machine, comprising:

• a plurality of sensors installed in the glass container inspection machine to inspect glass containers as they pass through the glass container inspection machine and to generate sensor signals indicative of a plurality of sensed parameters of the glass containers;
• at least one processor configured to process the sensor signals received from the plurality of sensors, compare processed sensor signals to predetermined parameters, identify processed sensor signals that vary from the predetermined parameters, and generate image signals that graphically depict glass containers associated with processed sensor signals that vary from the predetermined parameters together with defect information associated with the parameters of such glass containers that vary from the predetermined parameters;
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• a touchscreen monitor operatively connected to the at least one processor and configured to display images based upon the image signals and the defect information provided by the at least one processor in a slidable main user interface display larger than a size that can be displayed at any given time on the touchscreen monitor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive and interpret the gesture data and in response to provide image signals to the at least one touchscreen monitor, and wherein the touchscreen monitor is configured to be controlled by a user using gestures to slide the slidable main user interface display to access the entirety of the slidable main user interface display;
• wherein the touchscreen monitor and the at least one processor are arranged and configured to allow a user to control the touchscreen monitor using gestures to access and display additional images of glass containers having at least one defect;
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• wherein the at least one processor is configured to interact with the at least one touchscreen monitor such that when any of a plurality of discrete portions of the slidable main user interface display is displayed on the at least one touchscreen monitor and is accessed by a user gesture on the at least one touchscreen monitor, the at least one processor will operate the at least one touchscreen monitor to display one of a plurality of images each having content respectively associated with one of the plurality of discrete portions of the slidable main user interface display.

A system for inspecting glass containers in a glass container inspection machine, comprising:

• at least one sensor installed in the glass container inspection machine which generates at least one sensor signal indicative of at least one sensed parameter of the glass containers;
• at least one processor configured to process the at least one sensor signal, compare the processed sensor signal to at least one predetermined parameter, identify any processed sensor signal that varies from the predetermined parameter, and generate an image signal that graphically depicts any glass containers associated with a processed sensor signal that varies from the predetermined parameter together with associated defect information;
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• a touchscreen monitor operatively connected to the at least one processor and configured to display an image based upon the image signal and the defect information in a main user interface display larger than a size displayable on the touchscreen monitor, wherein the touchscreen monitor is configured to be controlled by a user using gestures to view the entirety of the main user interface display and to access and display additional images of glass containers having at least one defect.

A method for inspecting glass containers passing through a glass container inspection machine, comprising:

• generating sensor signals indicative of a plurality of sensed parameters of glass containers as they pass through the glass container inspection machine to be inspected with a plurality of sensors installed in the glass container inspection machine;
• processing the sensor signals received from the plurality of sensors with at least one processor;
• comparing processed sensor signals to predetermined parameters and identifying processed sensor signals that vary from the predetermined parameters;
• generating image signals that graphically depict glass containers associated with processed sensor signals that vary from the predetermined parameters together with defect information associated with the parameters of such glass containers that vary from the predetermined parameters;
• displaying images associated with the image signals and the defect information provided by the at least one processor on a touchscreen monitor in a slidable main user interface display larger than a size that can be displayed at any given time on the touchscreen monitor;
• controlling the touchscreen in response to a user using gestures to slide the slidable main user interface display to access the entirety of the slidable main user interface display;
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• controlling the touchscreen in response to a user using gestures to access and display additional images of at least one glass container defect having parameters that vary from the predetermined parameters.