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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2009
Applicants:
Carsten Buchwald, Bad Breisig, DE;
Wolfgang Schorn, Hönningen, DE;
Inventors:
Carsten Buchwald, Bad Breisig, DE;
Wolfgang Schorn, Hönningen, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A detecting system for detecting containers that exhibit features located on a container wall thereof includes a lighting unit having a plurality of light sources. The lighting unit is configured to project spaced-apart strip-shaped light beams onto a region of the container wall. The system also includes an optical arrangement having at least one camera.