System and method to determine a score indicating seal integrity in a package

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system and method to measure the quality of the inspection process by assigning a score to indicate the level of integrity of a seal of a package in a packaged product. The packaged product is run through an inspection machine, e.g., an X-ray machine, to capture an image. Image processing techniques are used to identify the seal region from the image, which is then divided into a number of sub-regions. Seal scores for each sub-region is calculated using a mathematical framework that takes into account existence (or non-existence) of certain types of defects in the sub-regions. A report is generated to display the results of the seal score determination algorithm to the entity that requested the seal score.

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