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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1999
Ferdinand-Josef Hermanns, Erkelenz, DE;
Andreas Krüger, Mönchengladbach, DE;
Harald Müllers, Erkelenz, DE;
W. Schlafhorst AG & Co., , DE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of detecting residual yarn on spinning cop tubes, wherein a spinning cop tube is exposed to a suitable light source; the light reflected by the spinning cop tube is detected by a suitable means, e.g., via a camera or other picture-taking device, and two-dimensional picture signals of the spinning cop tube are generated thereby on the basis of the reflected light detected in order to generate a picture matrix comprising picture data in digital form; and the picture signals thusly generated are evaluated by means of performing an edge filtering of the digital picture data in order to segment image edges corresponding to brightness transitions in the picture matrix, from which the presence of residual yarn on the spinning cop tube can be assessed based on the edge filtering.