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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
Kevin Thomas, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrew Thompson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Kevin Thomas, Charlotte, NC (US);
Andrew Thompson, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A system for detecting foreign materials comprising an alternative light source (ALS), one or more filters operationally associated with the ALS, one or more camera lenses operationally associated with the ALS and the filters, one or more processors, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium operatively associated with a computing device operatively associated with the ALS, one or more sensors operationally associated with the computing device and the ALS, wherein the sensors detect the presence of the filter and a camera operationally associated with the lens and the computing device.