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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tracy Eugene Wheeler, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Digital Audio Disc Corporation, Terre Haute, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348 92 ; 348127 ; 356237 ; 382143 ;
Abstract
An inspection system for use with a moving conveyor (20) having a video camera (80) mounted above the conveyor (20) and first and second prisms (60, 62) mounted below the camera (80) but above the part (28) to be inspected. The prisms (60, 62) are oriented to be parallel to two opposite ends (30, 36) of the part to be inspected. Therefore, as the conveyor (20) moves the part (28) below the prisms (60, 62) to an inspection location between the prisms, the camera (80) provides simultaneous images of the ends (30,36) of the part (28) as well the part's upper surface (46).