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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2014
Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc., Topeka, KS (US);
Moses Alexander Magana, Topeka, KS (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for forming a packaged product () and ensuring that the packaged product () is adequately filled. In one aspect, the method includes forming a product (); introducing the product () into a package (), thereby forming a packaged product (); obtaining an x-ray image () of the packaged product (); analyzing the x-ray image () utilizing a processor () to identify whether bounded contours () exist in the x-ray image () for each of the bounded contours (), the processor () determining whether the bounded contour () is a threshold defect based at least in part on bounded area () of the bounded contour () for each of the threshold defects, the processor () classifying the threshold defect as one of a plurality of pre-determined defect types; and determining a source of at least one of the threshold defects in the packaged product () based at least in part on the classification of the at least one of the threshold defects.