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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:
Jul. 28, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
GEC Plessey Telecommunications Limited, Coventry, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382-8 ; 358101 ; 382 34 ;
Abstract
A method of and an apparatus for article registration are disclosed in which surface characteristics such as component locations of printed circuit boards are viewed and compared with a model. The differences so determined are stored for subsequent use in, for example, the placing of components on the boards.