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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Mettler-toledo, Llc, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventor:
Timothy P. White, New Boston, NH (US);
Assignee:
Mettler-Toledo, LLC, Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8819 (2013.01);
Abstract
Machine vision inspection systems and methods for inspecting objects, such as objects with shiny surfaces, as well as illuminators with aperture covers for use therewith. Use of such an aperture cover eliminates the void (dark spot) in the illumination field that inherently results from the presence of an aperture through which an associated camera views an object to be inspected.