Sealing Tool Inspection Device and Battery Cell Sealing System Including Same

Abstract

A sealing tool inspection device, which inspects a pair of sealing tools that (1) contact a sealing target portion of a battery cell at opposite sides with the sealing target portion being interposed therebetween and that (2) seal the sealing target portion. The sealing tool inspection device includes a camera configured to photograph the pair of sealing tools in contact with the sealing target portion and generate an image showing a gap between the pair of sealing tools. The sealing tool inspection device also includes a processor configured to generate first information about at least one of a spacing between the pair of sealing tools and a posture of the pair of sealing tools, based on a spacing of the gap shown in the image.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.