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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:
Aug. 17, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonard P Crezee, Snelrewaard, NL;
Adrianus M de Vries, Gouda, NL;
Assignee:
Aweta B.V., Nootdorp, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358107 ; 358101 ; 358106 ; 356407 ; 356425 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for measuring the color distribution of an item wherein the item is rotated in the field of view of a camera and successive line images of the item parallel to the axis of rotation of the item are measured and the data contents of the picture elements of the successive line images of the surface of the item are processed. In an embodiment in which the camera is a matrix camera, the item is at the same time transported through the field of view of the camera and the successive line images of the item are obtained from successive video lines of the camera.