IP Library Granted Patent US 11,898,964
Granted Patent B2
US 11,898,964 · App. 17/274,603 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Can lid inspection device, camera position adjustment method, and camera positioning jig

Inventor: Toshio Kogure (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
G01N21/88H04N23/695
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Patent No.
US 11,898,964
App. No.
17/274,603
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A can lid inspection device includes an illuminator to illuminate a can lid. A camera includes a lens holding cylinder. A pedestal base includes a circular inspection hole formed at a center. The pedestal base mounts the camera to position the lens holding cylinder. A support pole includes a lower end to fix the illuminator and an upper portion supporting the pedestal base. A camera positioning jig includes a ring-shaped body. A flange portion protrudes from an outer peripheral surface of the ring-shaped body. An outer diameter portion of the ring-shaped body fits in the inspection hole. The inner diameter portion of the ring-shaped body fits the lens holding cylinder. An illumination center calibration jig detachably mounts on a lower surface of the illuminator and has a mark indicating a center of the illuminator. An analysis device analyzes an image of the can lid captured by the camera.

Claims (19)

1. A can lid inspection device comprising:

a ring-shaped illuminator for illuminating a can lid placed on an inspection table;

a camera having a cylindrical lens holding cylinder;

a pedestal base positioned above the ring-shaped illuminator having a circular inspection hole formed at a center, wherein the camera is mounted on the pedestal base at a position where the lens holding cylinder of the camera faces the inspection hole;

a support pole including a lower end to which the ring-shaped illuminator is fixed and an upper portion supporting the pedestal base;

a camera positioning jig for fitting between the pedestal base and the camera, including a ring-shaped body and a flange portion protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the ring-shaped body, the ring-shaped body including an outer diameter portion having an outer diameter corresponding to a diameter of the inspection hole of the pedestal base and an inner diameter portion having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the lens holding cylinder of the camera, the outer diameter portion of the ring-shaped body being fitting in the inspection hole of the pedestal base, and the inner diameter portion of the ring-shaped body being fitting in the lens holding cylinder of the camera;

an illumination center calibration jig configured to be detachably mounted on a lower surface of the illuminator, the illumination center calibration jig having a mark indicating a center of the illuminator; and

an analysis device for receiving and analyzing an image of the can lid captured by the camera,

wherein the camera positioning jig is detachable, and

wherein the ring-shaped body of the camera positioning jig is configured by a partial ring-shaped body of a perfect ring-shaped body, the partial ring-shaped body having a center angle of 90° to 180°.

2. A method of adjusting a camera position in the can lid inspection device as recited in claim 1 , the method comprising:

aligning a centerline of the inspection hole and a centerline of the lens holding cylinder by fitting the lens holding cylinder to the camera positioning jig fitted in the inspection hole of the pedestal base;

imaging the illumination center calibration jig attached to the lower end of the illuminator; and

adjusting an inclination of the pedestal base so that the center of the illuminator coincides with a center of an image which is the center of the lens holding cylinder in a captured image.

3. A camera positioning jig for aligning a centerline of a circular inspection hole formed in a pedestal base with a centerline of a lens holding cylinder of a camera, the cameral positioning jig comprising:

a ring-shaped body; and

a flange portion protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the ring-shaped body,

wherein the ring-shaped body includes an outer diameter portion having an outer diameter corresponding to a diameter of the inspection hole of the pedestal base and an inner diameter portion having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the lens holding cylinder of the camera, the outer diameter portion of the ring-shaped body being fitting in the inspection hole, and the inner diameter portion of the ring-shaped body being fitting the lens holding cylinder,

wherein the ring-shaped body of the camera positioning jig is configured by a partial ring-shaped body of a perfect ring-shaped body, the partial ring-shaped body having a center angle of 90° to 180°.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 13, 2022
From: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
To: ALTEMIRA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061677/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2022
From: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN GLOBAL CORPORATION
To: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059609/0530 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 14, 2022
From: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
To: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN GLOBAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059595/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2021
From: KOGURE, TOSHIO
To: SHOWA ALUMINUM CAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055536/0143 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-194151 · Oct 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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