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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:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2020
Applicants:

Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;

Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Bellevue, WA (US);

Sonny O. Osunkwo, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Dandan Zhang, Shanghai, CN;

Jiankun Zhou, Middletown, PA (US);

Lei Zhou, Shanghai, CN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/40 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G06F 18/21 (2023.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 10/20 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/40 (2013.01); B07C 5/342 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G06F 18/21 (2023.01); G06T 5/009 (2013.01); G06T 7/0004 (2013.01); G06V 10/255 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01); B07C 2501/0063 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8887 (2013.01); G06T 2200/28 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06V 2201/06 (2022.01);
Abstract

A vision inspection system includes a sorting platform having an upper surface supporting parts for inspection. An inspection station is positioned adjacent the sorting platform including an imaging device to image the parts in a field of view. A vision inspection controller receives images from the imaging device. The vision inspection controller includes an image histogram tool to pre-process the images to improve contrast of the images by redistributing lightness values of the images based on adaptive histogram equalization processing to generate enhanced images. The vision inspection controller processes the enhanced images based on an image analysis model to determine inspection results for each of the parts. The vision inspection controller has an artificial intelligence learning module operated to customize and configure the image analysis model based on the enhanced images.


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