IP Library Granted Patent US 12,141,953
Granted Patent B2
US 12,141,953 · App. 17/535,948 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Tape inspection device and secondary battery manufacturing system having the same

Inventors: Sang Min Kim (Daejeon, KR); Dong Whan Shin (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
G06T7/0004H01M10/0404G06T2207/30164
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Patent No.
US 12,141,953
App. No.
17/535,948
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a tape inspection device. The tape inspection device according to the present invention includes: a vision unit for acquiring imaging information by imaging a tape attached to an outer wall of a secondary battery in order to fix a folding portion of the secondary battery; a light reflection unit disposed to be spaced apart from the secondary battery and reflecting light; and an optical path compensation unit disposed between the vision unit and the light reflection unit and compensating for an optical path between the tape and the vision unit.

Claims (47)

1. A tape inspection device comprising:

a vision component for acquiring imaging information by imaging a tape attached to an outer wall of a secondary battery in order to fix a folding portion of the secondary battery;

light sources emitting light toward the tape;

a light reflector disposed to be spaced apart from the secondary battery and reflecting light; and

an optical path compensation component disposed between the vision component and the light reflector and compensating for an optical path between the tape and the vision component,

wherein the vision component, the light sources, and the secondary battery are arranged in a straight line,

and the vision component images various surfaces of the secondary battery through the light reflector.

2. The tape inspection device of claim 1 , wherein the tape includes:

an upper surface tape portion attached to an upper wall of the secondary battery;

a lower surface tape portion attached to a lower wall of the secondary battery; and

a side surface tape portion connected to the upper surface tape portion and the lower surface tape portion and attached to a sidewall disposed between an upper wall of the secondary battery and a lower wall of the secondary battery.

3. The tape inspection device of claim 2 , wherein the vision component includes a single camera imaging all of the upper surface tape portion, the lower surface tape portion, and the side surface tape portion at the same time.

4. The tape inspection device of claim 2 , wherein the light reflector includes:

an upper light reflecting portion disposed in an upper region of the secondary battery; and

a lower light reflecting portion disposed in a lower region of the secondary battery.

5. The tape inspection device of claim 4 , wherein the optical path compensation component includes an optical path compensating lens portion for changing a focal length according to a thickness through which light passes.

6. The tape inspection device of claim 4 , wherein the optical path compensation component includes:

a first compensating portion disposed between the upper light reflecting portion and the vision component; and

a second compensating portion disposed between the lower light reflecting portion and the vision component.

7. The tape inspection device of claim 1 , wherein the light sources include:

a first light source disposed between the optical path compensation component and the vision component and emitting light toward the tape.

8. The tape inspection device of claim 7 , wherein the light sources include:

a second light source disposed to be spaced apart from the vision component with the first light source interposed therebetween and emitting light from an opposite side of the first light source to the tape.

9. A secondary battery manufacturing system comprising:

a tape attachment device for attaching a tape (T) an outer wall of a secondary battery in order to fix a folding portion formed in the secondary battery;

a vision component for acquiring imaging information by imaging the tape attached to the outer wall of the secondary battery;

light sources emitting light toward the tape;

a light reflector disposed to be spaced apart from the secondary battery and reflecting light; and

an optical path compensation unit component disposed between the vision component and the light reflector and compensating for an optical path between the tape and the vision component,

wherein the vision component, the light sources, and the secondary battery are arranged in a straight line,

and the vision component images various surfaces of the secondary battery through the light reflector.

10. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 9 , wherein the tape includes:

an upper surface tape portion attached to an upper wall of the secondary battery;

a lower surface tape portion attached to a lower wall of the secondary battery; and

a side surface tape portion connected to the upper surface tape portion and the lower surface tape portion and attached to a sidewall disposed between an upper wall of the secondary battery and a lower wall of the secondary battery.

11. The tape inspection device of claim 10 , wherein the vision component includes a single camera imaging all of the upper surface tape portion, the lower surface tape portion, and the side surface tape portion at the same time.

12. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 10 , wherein the light reflector includes:

an upper light reflecting portion disposed in an upper region of the secondary battery; and

a lower light reflecting portion disposed in a lower region of the secondary battery.

13. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 10 , wherein the optical path compensation component includes an optical path compensating lens portion for changing a focal length according to a thickness through which light passes.

14. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 10 , wherein the optical path compensation component includes:

a first compensating portion disposed between the upper light reflecting portion and the vision component; and

a second compensating portion disposed between the lower light reflecting portion and the vision component.

15. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 9 , wherein the light sources include:

a first light source disposed between the optical path compensation component and the vision component and emitting light toward the tape.

16. The secondary battery manufacturing system of claim 15 , wherein the light sources include:

a second light source disposed to be spaced apart from the vision component with the first light source interposed therebetween and emitting light from an opposite side of the first light source to the tape.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 7, 2022
From: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
To: SK ON CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062034/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 26, 2021
From: KIM, SANG MIN; SHIN, DONG WHAN
To: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058213/0564 →