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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2009
Sim Harbert, Decatur, GA (US);
Blair Macintyre, Atlanta, GA (US);
Douglas F. Britton, Roswell, GA (US);
Daniel L. Shaw, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Sim Harbert, Decatur, GA (US);
Blair MacIntyre, Atlanta, GA (US);
Douglas F. Britton, Roswell, GA (US);
Daniel L. Shaw, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are product processing systems and methods for monitoring, inspecting and controlling baking, cooking and routing processes, and the like. Products are placed on and moved by a conveyor. Images of the moving products are generated, such as by an image acquisition system. The images are processed by a symbol generation system. Symbols are then displayed on selected moving products based upon predetermined criteria. The systems and methods may be used to process oven-cooked or oven-baked products to identify (via the projected symbols) products that are defective or otherwise unacceptable. The product processing systems may be used to process packages or items having barcodes or other identifying labels to display routing or other identifying information on the moving products.