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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Gary Lee Wood, Rural Hall, NC (US);
Chris Campbell, Jonesville, NC (US);
Hung Phan, Clemmons, NC (US);
Hugh Gates, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jim Belk, King, NC (US);
Zach Francis, High Point, NC (US);
Reginald Thomas, Tobaccoville, NC (US);
Luke Hutchens, East Bend, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A smoking article package inspection system configured to inspect a smoking article package is provided. The system includes imaging devices configured to capture images of the smoking article package and an analysis unit configured to analyze the images captured by the imaging devices and determine whether the smoking article package is defective. The imaging devices may be positioned and configured to capture images of the smoking article package at least one of: before and after enclosing a plurality of smoking articles in the smoking article package, before and after printing an identifier on the smoking article package, and before and after wrapping the smoking article package with an outer wrapper. A related method is also provided.