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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven P. Floeder, Shoreview, MN (US);
Jeffrey P. Adolf, Rochester, MN (US);
Nathaniel S. Rowekamp, Maplewood, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An inspection system includes an inspection device having at least one image capture device. The image capture device captures image data of a sheet part passing through the inspection device. A processing unit of the inspection device provides the image data representative of the sheet part to a plurality of neural networks, where each of the neural networks is trained to identify a corresponding defect in the sheet part and output data indicative of the presence of the corresponding defect. The processing unit determines a quality category of the sheet part based on the data indicative of the presence of the corresponding defect output by each corresponding neural network. The processing unit can further output the quality category of the sheet part to a sorter that can sort the sheet part based on the quality category.