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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
William John Furnas, Elmira, NY (US);
William John Furnas, Elmira, NY (US);
CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
Optical inspection systems and methods for inspecting a glass sheet for defects are disclosed. The systems and methods employ a digital camera and a plurality of different types of illumination sources. The object plane of the digital camera moves through the glass sheet body while flash exposures from one or more of the illumination sources are performed. The movement occurs during a ready-to-acquire time of the digital camera. This allows the digital camera to capture a plurality of digital inspection images on the fly at different exposure positions within the glass sheet body without waiting for any digital image processing to occur. The digital inspection images are then reviewed to characterize any revealed defects.