Connector Visual Inspection Apparatus
AssigneesTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, TE Connectivity Morocco SARL
InventorsAn Yang, Lvhai Hu, Zouheir Atif, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
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Abstract
A connector visual inspection apparatus comprises a rotatable clamp for clamping a connector to be inspected. A first camera of the apparatus is arranged on one side of the clamp for capturing an end face image of the clamped connector along an axial direction of the connector. A computing device calculates an angular difference between an initial loading orientation and a predetermined orientation of the clamped connector according to the captured end face image. A drive device rotates the clamp around an axis that coincides with a central axis of the clamped connector by the calculated angular difference and into the predetermined orientation.
Claims20
A connector visual inspection apparatus, comprising:
- a rotatable clamp for clamping a connector to be inspected;
- a first camera arranged at one side of the clamp for capturing an end face image of the clamped connector along an axial direction of the connector;
- a computing device calculating an angular difference between an initial loading orientation and a predetermined orientation of the clamped connector according to the captured end face image;
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- a drive device rotating the clamp around an axis that coincides with a central axis of the clamped connector by the calculated angular difference and into the predetermined orientation.
A connector visual inspection apparatus, comprising:
- a rotating clamp for clamping a connector to be inspected;
- a first camera arranged on a side of the clamp for capturing an end face image of the clamped connector along an axial direction of the connector;
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- a drive device adapted to rotate the clamp around an axis that coincides with a central axis of the clamped connector, the drive device rotating the clamp by an angular difference calculated between an initial loading orientation and a predetermined orientation of the clamped connector according to the captured end face image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.