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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2017
Applicant:

Abbvie Inc., North Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Edmund Matayoshi, Richmond, IL (US);

Jie Wang, Bluff, IL (US);

Sheng Tu, Libertyville, IL (US);

Assignee:

ABBVIE INC., North Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10056 (2013.01);
Abstract

Inspection of distribution and morphology of a substance applied to a container includes selectively illuminating at least a portion of a surface of a container using a light source, adjusting the light source to create a resolved view of the substance with sufficient contrast to show a layer of the lubricant disposed on the surface of the container, obtaining an image of the resolved view of the illuminated portion of the surface of the container using an image detector, analyzing image data representing the image of the resolved view, using a data processor, to generate a quantity representing a quality of interaction between the lubricant and the surface of the container, and determining whether the container is acceptable based upon the quantity generated.


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