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US 12,437,416 · App. 17/919,584 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Determination apparatus

Inventors: Shoji Yachida (Tokyo, JP); Keiko Inoue (Tokyo, JP); Azusa Sawada (Tokyo, JP); Toshinori Hosoi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06T7/20G01N21/90G06T7/0002G06T2207/10152G06T2207/20021
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Patent No.
US 12,437,416
App. No.
17/919,584
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A determination apparatus includes: a dividing unit configured to divide chronological image data acquired by imaging a liquid filled in a container while switching between a plurality of illumination conditions, into chronological image data corresponding to the illumination conditions; and a determining unit configured to determine foreign matter contained in the container based on each of the chronological image data obtained by division by the dividing unit.

Claims (17)

1. A determination system comprising:

a first lighting unit configured to emit light so that light transmitted through a container enters an imaging device acquiring image data;

a second lighting unit configured to emit light so that light transmitted through the container does not enter the imaging device acquiring image data;

the imaging device configured to image a liquid filled in the container in an environment that an illumination condition is switched between a plurality of illumination conditions including a first state in which the first lighting unit emits light and a second state in which the second lighting unit emits light; and

a determination apparatus including at least one memory configured to store instructions and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to divide chronological image data acquired by the imaging device into chronological image data corresponding to the illumination conditions and determine foreign matter contained in the container based on each of the chronological image data obtained by division.

2. The determination system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first lighting unit has a shutter curtain closed when light is not emitted.

3. The determination system according to claim 1 , comprising

an illumination control device configured to switch between the first state in which the first lighting unit emits light and the second state in which the second lighting unit emits light.

4. The determination system according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination control device is configured to switch between the first state and the second state at regular intervals.

5. The determination system according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination control device is configured to change an interval to switch between the first state and the second state with passage of time.

6. The determination system according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination control device is configured to change an interval to switch between the first state and the second state from a state in which the second state is longer than the first state to a state in which the first state is longer than the second state with passage of time.

7. The determination system according to claim 3 , wherein

the illumination control device is configured to switch between the first state and the second state in accordance with an imaging interval of the imaging device acquiring image data.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: YACHIDA, SHOJI; INOUE, KEIKO; SAWADA, AZUSA; HOSOI, TOSHINORI
To: NEC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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