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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2020
Applicant:

Heidelberg Druckmaschinen Ag, Heidelberg, DE;

Inventors:

Jan Krieger, Heidelberg, DE;

Frank Schumann, Heidelberg, DE;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 29/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/2142 (2013.01); B41J 2/2139 (2013.01); B41J 2/2146 (2013.01); B41J 29/393 (2013.01); B41J 2029/3935 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for determining print defects in a printing operation carried out on an inkjet printing machine for processing a print job includes using a camera system to record and digitize printed products generated during the printing operation, feeding the camera image having been thus generated to a detection algorithm on the computer, alerting a machine control unit when print defects are found, and ejecting the printed product through a waste ejector if necessary. The detection algorithm separates color separations of the camera images, detects the print defects in the color separations, links images of the individual color separations to form a candidate image, filters the candidate image, enters the remaining detected print defects into a list, and forwards the list to the machine control unit of the printing machine.


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