IP Library Granted Patent US 9,019,365
Granted Patent B2
US 9,019,365 · App. 13/823,399 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Gob inspection system for glass product

Inventor: Koichi Akaji (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd.
G06T7/0004B07C5/3408G01N21/85G01N21/958G01N33/386G01N21/896
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Patent No.
US 9,019,365
App. No.
13/823,399
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The problem is solved by generating a gob image A by capturing, with a line scanning camera, an image of a falling gob that has been cut off at an orifice; generating an image B by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns a general part of the gob black and turns a peripheral lustrous portion and a defect of the gob white; generating an image C by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns the entire gob white and turns a background black and inverting the black and white; generating an image D by combining the image B and the image C together; setting a region located a given number of pixels inside an outer edge of the black area of the image D as an inspection region; and inspecting the inspection region of the gob image A to determine whether the gob is good.

Claims (46)

1. A gob inspection system comprising:

a line scanning camera configured to scan, in a horizontal direction, a falling gob that has been cut off at an orifice; and

processing means for processing data from the line scanning camera,

wherein the processing means generates a gob image A by arranging lines of the data sequentially in a vertical direction;

generates an image B by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns a general part of the gob black and turns a peripheral lustrous portion and a defect of the gob white;

generates an image C by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns the entire gob white and turns a background black and inverting the black and white;

generates an image D by combining the image B and the image C together;

sets a region located a given number of pixels inside an outer edge of the black area of the image D as an inspection region; and

inspects the inspection region of the gob image A to determine whether the gob is good.

2. The gob inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein if, in the inspection region of the gob image A, the number of pixels with brightness levels higher than a predetermined brightness threshold exceeds a predetermined threshold number of pixels, the processing means determines that the gob is a bad gob.

3. A gob inspection system comprising:

a line scanning camera configured to scan, in a horizontal direction, a falling gob that has been cut off at an orifice; and

processing means for processing data from the line scanning camera,

wherein the processing means generates a gob image A by arranging lines of the data sequentially in a vertical direction;

generates an image B by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns a general part of the gob black and turns a peripheral lustrous portion and a defect of the gob white;

generates an image C by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns the entire gob white and turns a background black and inverting the black and white;

generates an image D by combining the image B and the image C together;

sets a region located a given number of pixels inside an outer edge of the black area of the image D as an inspection region; and

performs an inspection on the basis of a white portion in the inspection region of the image D to determine whether the gob is good.

4. The gob inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein if the total number of pixels in the white portion in the inspection region of the image D exceeds a predetermined threshold number of pixels, the processing means determines that the gob is a bad gob.

5. A gob inspection system comprising:

a line scanning camera configured to scan, in a horizontal direction, a falling gob that has been cut off at an orifice; and

processing means for processing data from the line scanning camera,

wherein the processing means generates a gob image A by arranging lines of the data sequentially in a vertical direction;

generates an image B by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns a general part of the gob black and turns a peripheral lustrous portion and a defect of the gob white;

generates an image C by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns the entire gob white and turns a background black and inverting the black and white;

generates an image E by eroding an edge of a white area in the image B by a width of a predetermined number of pixels;

generates an image F by dilating an edge of a white area in the image E by a width of a predetermined number of pixels;

generates an image G by combining the image F and the image C together; and

performs an inspection on the basis of a white portion in the black area of the image G to determine whether the gob is good.

6. The gob inspection system according to claim 5 , wherein if the total number of pixels in the white portion in the black area of the image G exceeds a predetermined threshold number of pixels, the processing means determines that the gob is a bad gob.

7. The gob inspection system, comprising:

a line scanning camera configured to scan, in a horizontal direction, a falling gob that has been cut off at an orifice; and

processing means for processing data from the line scanning camera,

wherein the processing means generates a gob image A by arranging lines of the data sequentially in a vertical direction;

generates an image H by binarizing the gob image A with a boundary value that turns the entire gob white and turns a background black;

generates an image I by trimming off a protrusion of the white area of the image H;

generates an image J by subtracting the image I from the image H; and

determines that the gob is a bad gob if the total number of pixels in a white portion in the black area of the image J exceeds a predetermined threshold number of pixels.

8. The gob inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

9. The gob inspection system according to claim 2 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

10. The gob inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

11. The gob inspection system according to claim 4 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

12. The gob inspection system according to claim 5 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

13. The gob inspection system according to claim 6 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

14. The gob inspection system according to claim 7 , wherein the gob inspection system includes a plurality of line scanning cameras, inspects each of gob images from the respective line scanning cameras, and determines that the gob is a bad gob if, on the basis of at least one of the gob images, the gob is determined to be a bad gob.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2015
From: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
To: TOYO SEIKAN GROUP HOLDINGS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035333/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2013
From: AKAJI, KOICHI
To: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030003/0535 →
Continuity (1)
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