Object inspection system and method for inspecting an object
OwnerJacob Nathaniel Allen, Brandon David See +2inventors
InventorsJacob Nathaniel Allen, Brandon David See, Zhipeng Liang, Frank Damacio Luna
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Abstract
An object inspection system 10 and a method for detecting defects which utilizes a plurality of cameras 26 and lights 18 to capture images of a portion of an object 14 and which uses the captured images to determine the presence of a defect upon a surface, such as surface 12, of the object 14 and which may communicated the location of the identified defect to an automated defect repair assembly 9.
Claims20
1) An object inspection system comprising at least one light which has a fixed position;
- at least one camera which is in communication with the at least one light and which has a second fixed position;
- and a processing assembly which detects the location of the object, which selectively activates the light, which captures an image of at least a portion of the object from the at least one camera as the object is moving, and which utilizes the captured image to detect the presence of a defect upon the surface of the object.
11) The method for detecting the presence of a defect upon the surface of an object comprising the steps of acquiring an image of at least a portion of the object as the object is moving;
- and using the acquired image to determine the presence of a defect upon the surface of the object.
16) The method for detecting and correcting a defect upon the surface of an object comprising the steps of acquiring at least one image of an object;
- using the acquired at least one image of said object to determine the location of a defect upon the surface of said object;
- communicating the presence of said identified defect to automated defect correction assembly;
- and correcting said defect by use of said automated defect correction assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.