IP Library Granted Patent US 11,150,201
Granted Patent B2
US 11,150,201 · App. 16/303,894 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

System and method of detecting defect of optical film

Inventors: Ho Jin Kim (Daejeon, KR); Myoung Gon Yang (Daejeon, KR); Chang Seok Park (Daejeon, KR); Je Hyun Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hang Suk Choi (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
G01N21/958G01N2021/8636G01N2021/8819
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Patent No.
US 11,150,201
App. No.
16/303,894
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system and a method of detecting a defect of an optical film, and more particularly, to a system and a method of detecting a defect of an optical film, which obtain an image of a defect of an optical film projected onto a screen and detect the defect of the optical film. As an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for detecting a defect of an optical film may be provided. The system for detecting a defect of an optical film may include: a lighting unit, which is spaced apart from the optical film, and irradiates light toward one surface of the optical film; a screen, which is spaced apart from the other surface of the optical film, and on which a defect existing in the optical film is projected and displayed according to the pass of the light irradiated from the lighting unit through the optical film; an imaging unit, which is spaced apart from the screen, and obtains an image of the defect of the optical film projected onto the screen; and an analyzing unit, which analyzes the obtained image, and detects the defect of the optical film based on a result of the analysis.

Claims (25)

1. A system for detecting a defect of an optical film, the system comprising:

a lighting unit, which is spaced apart from the optical film, and irradiates light toward one surface of the optical film;

a screen, which is spaced apart from the other surface of the optical film, and on which the defect existing in the optical film is projected and displayed due to the passage of the light irradiated from the lighting unit through the optical film;

an imaging unit, which is spaced apart from the screen, and obtains the image of the defect of the optical film projected onto the screen;

an analyzing unit, which analyzes the obtained image, and detects the defect of the optical film based on a result of the analysis;

wherein a distance (d 1 ) between the screen and the optical film has a value of 90 mm to 130 mm and a distance (d 2 ) between the lighting unit and the optical film has a value of 280 mm to 340 mm; and

wherein the imaging unit and the screen are disposed at a first angle (θ 1 ), relative to one another, the lighting unit and the optical film are disposed at a second angle (θ 2 ) relative to one another, and the first angle and the second angle have the same value, and wherein the first angle (θ 1 ) and the second angle (θ 2 ) have a value within a range of 25° to 48°, and

wherein the optical film, and the screen are disposed parallel to each other.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

transferring rollers for transferring the optical film,

wherein the transferring roller transfers the optical film in a form of an in-line, travelling in one direction.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a dark room, which prevents the light irradiated from the lighting unit from leaking outside of the system.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the imaging unit is disposed so as to directly obtain the image projected on the screen without passing through the optical film.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the lighting unit irradiates light along the entire width of the optical film.

6. A method of detecting a defect of an optical film by using a projected image, the method comprising:

irradiating light onto one surface of the optical film through a lighting unit, which is spaced apart from the optical film;

obtaining an image of the defect of the optical film projected onto a screen due to the passage of the light irradiated from the lighting unit through the optical film with an imaging unit;

analyzing the obtained image; and

detecting the defect on the optical film based on the analysis result,

wherein the screen is spaced apart from the optical film, and the imaging unit is disposed so as to directly obtain the image projected on the screen without passing through the optical film;

wherein a distance (d 1 ) between the screen and the optical film has a value of 90 mm to 130 mm and a distance (d 2 ) between the lighting unit and the optical film has a value of 280 mm to 340 mm; and

wherein the imaging unit and the screen are disposed at a first angle (θ 1 ), relative to one another, the lighting unit and the optical film are disposed at a second angle (θ 2 ) relative to one another, and the first angle and the second angle have the same value, and wherein the first angle (θ 1 ) and the second angle (θ 2 ) have a value within a range of 25° to 48°, and

wherein the optical film, and the screen are disposed parallel to each other.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method of claim 6 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2023
From: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (NANJING) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065393/0902 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2021
From: LG CHEM LTD.
To: SHANJIN OPTOELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056316/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2018
From: KIM, HO JIN; YANG, MYOUNG GON; PARK, CHANG SEOK; KIM, JE HYUN; CHOI, HANG SUK
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 047563/0256 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0063703 · May 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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