IP Library Granted Patent US 10,984,516
Granted Patent B2
US 10,984,516 · App. 16/162,412 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Image inspection device and illumination device

Inventor: Yutaka Kato (Kyotanabe, JP)
Assignee: OMRON Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,984,516
App. No.
16/162,412
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are an image inspection device and an illumination device capable of thinning and downsizing the illumination device. An image inspection device includes a photographing part photographing an object, a light transmissive illumination part, and an optical member. The illumination part is arranged between the object and the photographing part and has a light emitting surface arranged to face the object. The optical member is arranged on the light emitting surface of the illumination part and transmits light emitted by the illumination part toward the object. The optical member includes a plurality of optical regions. The optical regions are arranged so as to surround a central region of the light emitting surface centered on an optical axis of the photographing part, and are configured to emit light having mutually different color characteristics toward the object.

Claims (40)

1. An image inspection device detecting a surface state of an object, the image inspection device comprising:

a photographing part photographing the object;

a light transmissive illumination part arranged between the object and the photographing part and having a light emitting surface arranged to face the object; and

an optical member arranged on the light emitting surface of the illumination part and transmitting light emitted by the illumination part toward the object, wherein

the optical member comprises a plurality of optical regions arranged so as to surround a central region of the light emitting surface centered on an optical axis of the photographing part and configured to emit light having mutually different color characteristics toward the object,

the object is located within the central region in plain view of the optical member as seen from the side of the photographing part, a part of an illumination light emitted by the illumination part is transmitted through the central region and is irradiated on the object,

the object is irradiated with the part of the illumination light emitted from the central region, and the object is irradiated with other parts of the illumination light emitted from the plurality of optical region, wherein the part of the illumination light emitted from the central region has color characteristic different from the color characteristics of the other parts of the illumination light emitted from the plurality of optical region.

2. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical regions are concentrically arranged around the optical axis on the light emitting surface.

3. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical regions are arranged on the light emitting surface along a circumferential direction centered on the optical axis.

4. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical regions are arranged in a matrix on the light emitting surface.

5. The image inspection device according to claim 4 , wherein

the illumination part emits white light, and

the optical member comprises a plurality of color filters arranged respectively in the optical regions and transmitting light of mutually different wavelengths.

6. The image inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination part emits white light, and

the optical member comprises a plurality of color filters arranged respectively in the optical regions and transmitting light of mutually different wavelengths.

7. The image inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the illumination part emits white light, and

the optical member comprises a plurality of color filters arranged respectively in the optical regions and transmitting light of mutually different wavelengths.

8. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the illumination part emits white light, and

the optical member comprises a plurality of color filters arranged respectively in the optical regions and transmitting light of mutually different wavelengths.

9. The image inspection device according to claim 4 , wherein

the illumination part emits excitation light; and

the optical member comprises a plurality of phosphors arranged respectively in the optical regions and converting the excitation light into light of mutually different wavelengths.

10. The image inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination part emits excitation light; and

the optical member comprises a plurality of phosphors arranged respectively in the optical regions and converting the excitation light into light of mutually different wavelengths.

11. The image inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the illumination part emits excitation light; and

the optical member comprises a plurality of phosphors arranged respectively in the optical regions and converting the excitation light into light of mutually different wavelengths.

12. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the illumination part emits excitation light; and

the optical member comprises a plurality of phosphors arranged respectively in the optical regions and converting the excitation light into light of mutually different wavelengths.

13. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical member further comprises a light shielding region arranged so as to surround the optical regions and shielding the light emitted by the illumination part.

14. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical regions emit the light having mutually different color characteristics within a photographing wavelength region of the photographing part toward the object.

15. The image inspection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a light shielding member arranged on a surface of the illumination part opposite the light emitting surface and shielding light incident from outside the illumination part, wherein

the light shielding member has an opening part formed so that at least a portion of the opening part overlaps the central region in plain view as seen from the optical axis of the photographing part.

16. The image inspection device according to claim 15 , wherein the light shielding member is configured to reflect the light emitted by the illumination part toward the light emitting surface.

17. An illumination device comprising the illumination part and the optical member according claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2018
From: KATO, YUTAKA
To: OMRON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-005814 · Jan 17, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190220968A1 · Jul 18, 2019