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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicant:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Inventors:

Paul Anthony Kawka, Cleves, OH (US);

Stephen Michael Varga, Loveland, OH (US);

Aitzaz Ahmad, Mason, OH (US);

Paul Philip Thomas, Loveland, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); D04H 1/593 (2012.01); A61F 13/495 (2006.01); B32B 5/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15585 (2013.01); A61F 13/15772 (2013.01); A61F 13/49 (2013.01); G06N 3/0454 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06N 5/046 (2013.01); G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/187 (2017.01); G06T 7/97 (2017.01); A61F 13/495 (2013.01); A61F 13/49009 (2013.01); A61F 2013/1578 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15788 (2013.01); A61F 2013/15796 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 5/32 (2013.01); D04H 1/593 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for inspecting absorbent articles is provided. The inspection is performed using an inspection algorithm generated with a convolutional neural network having convolutional neural network parameters. The convolutional neural network parameters are generated by a training algorithm. Based on the inspection, characteristics of the absorbent articles, such as defects, can be identified. Absorbent articles having identified characteristics can be rejected, or other actions can be taken.


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