System and method for acquiring and determining axes of valves in tire vulcanization molds

A system implementing a method for identifying vents in a tire vulcanization mold comprising one or more segments and an inner surface over which the vents are dispersed in order to allow corresponding valves to be inserted therein, the system comprising:

• a robot incorporating a detection system with one or more sensors that detect a presence of one or more vents dispersed along the inner surface of the one or more segments of the mold;
• a communication network that manages incoming data to the system from the detection system;
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• one or more communication servers, each comprising one or more processors operationally connected to a memory configured to store an application for analyzing data representing imaged molds, with the one or more processors comprising a module for executing the analysis application that processes the images and being capable of executing programmed instructions stored in the memory in order to carry out the following steps:
• a step of detecting a presence of an arrangement of vents in a field of view of the detection system, which detection system triggers in order to capture at least one image of the inner surface of the one or more segments of the mold;
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• a step of searching, in the image captured by the detection system, for a presence of the detected vents, such that the detection system continues to capture images if no vent is detected, until the search for the mold is exhausted.