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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Renishaw Plc, Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, GB;
Inventors:
Calum Conner McLean, Edinburgh, GB;
Timothy Charles Featherstone, Edinburgh, GB;
Richard George Dewar, Peebles, GB;
Assignee:
RENISHAW PLC, Wotton-under-Edge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); F21V 7/04 (2006.01); G01B 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/24 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/2433 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of inspecting an object including locating an object on a machine vision apparatus, attaching a light panel to the object to backlight a region of the object, obtaining an image of the region when backlit by the light panel and identifying a geometric property of the object from the image.