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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean A McLean, So. Hamilton, MA (US);
Robert J Duncan, Magnolia, MA (US);
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-8 ; 382 34 ; 382 48 ; 358101 ; 358106 ; 250561 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed for verifying the proper insertion of the leads of an electrical component. The system includes a camera mounted within a component insertion machine. The camera image is stored within the system and analyzed for the absence of any leads that should have been inserted.