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Granted Patent B2
US 12,452,544 · App. 18/581,970 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Inspection system for roll-to-roll equipment

Inventors: Sung Yong Kang (Daejeon, KR); Seok Joon Jang (Sejong, KR); Daekab Kwon (Seoul, KR); Young Jun Park (Sejong, KR); Sun Hwan Kim (Daejeon, KR); Changhyun Kwon (Daejeon, KR); Hoyeol Kim (Asan, KR)
Assignee: INTEKPLUS CO., LTD.
H04N23/74H04N23/52H04N23/695H04N23/90H01M4/0402
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Patent No.
US 12,452,544
App. No.
18/581,970
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pair of vision devices are supported by a base frame while spaced apart from each other in a Y-axis direction, wherein each of the pair of vision devices includes a main illuminator which obliquely emits light with respect to a normal plane of a guide roller to illuminate a target object, a sub-illuminator which illuminates the target object by emitting light to remove a shadow generated by the main illuminator, and a camera disposed between the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator. The X-axis moving unit moves X-axis stages with respect to Y-axis stages in an X-axis direction so that the vision devices move toward or away from the guide roller while supported by the X-axis stages. The Y-axis moving unit moves at least any one of the Y-axis stages with respect to the base frame in the Y-axis direction to adjust a distance between the vision devices.

Claims (30)

1. An inspection system for a roll-to-roll apparatus, which inspects a target object manufactured by a roll-to-roll apparatus that is transferred while partially wound around and supported by an outer circumference of a guide roller in a Y-axis direction, the inspection system comprising:

a base frame;

a pair of vision devices which are supported by the base frame while spaced apart from each other in a Y-axis direction and correspond to edges of both sides of a target object, wherein each of the vision devices includes a main illuminator which obliquely emits light with respect to a normal plane of the guide roller to illuminate the target object, a sub-illuminator which illuminates the target object by emitting light to remove a shadow generated by the main illuminator, and a camera disposed between the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator to obtain an image from light reflected by the target object illuminated by the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator;

an X-axis actuator which moves X-axis stages with respect to Y-axis stages in an X-axis direction so that the vision devices move toward or away from the guide roller while supported by the X-axis stages; and

a Y-axis actuator which moves at least any one of the Y-axis stages with respect to the base frame in the Y-axis direction to adjust a distance between the vision devices,

wherein each of the vision devices includes:

a first angle adjusting assembly which adjusts an angle of the main illuminator with respect to the guide roller by tilting a first tilting block with respect to an illuminator support based on a Y-axis in a state in which the main illuminator is supported by the first tilting block;

a second angle adjusting assembly which adjusts an angle of the sub-illuminator with respect to the guide roller by tilting a second tilting block with respect to the illuminator support based on the Y-axis in a state in which the sub-illuminator is supported by the second tilting block; and

an illuminator distance adjusting assembly which adjusts distances from the guide roller to the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator by linearly moving the illuminator support.

2. The inspection system of claim 1 , wherein each of the vision devices includes:

a first rotator which rotates a first rotating stage with respect to a rotating block based on an optical axis of the camera in a state in which the camera is supported by the first rotating stage;

a second rotator which rotates a second rotating stage perpendicularly connected to the rotating block with respect to a moving block based on an axis perpendicular to both the optical axis of the camera and a Y-axis;

a camera distance adjusting assembly which rotates the moving block with respect to a rotating bracket in an optical axis direction of the camera;

a third rotator which rotates the rotating bracket with respect to a rotating support based on the Y-axis; and

a Z-axis actuator which moves the rotating support with respect to a pedestal supported by the X-axis stage in a Z-axis direction.

3. The inspection system of claim 1 , comprising a heat sink which is mounted on the camera, absorbs heat from the camera, and discharges the heat.

4. The inspection system of claim 1 , comprising illuminator coolers which receive air through an internal channel and discharge the air to cool the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator in a state in which the illuminator coolers are mounted on the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator.

5. An inspection system for a roll-to-roll apparatus, which inspects a target object manufactured by a roll-to-roll apparatus that is transferred while partially wound around and supported by an outer circumference of a guide roller in a Y-axis direction, the inspection system comprising:

a base frame;

a pair of vision devices which are supported by the base frame while spaced apart from each other in a Y-axis direction and correspond to edges of both sides of a target object, wherein each of the vision devices includes a main illuminator which obliquely emits light with respect to a normal plane of the guide roller to illuminate the target object, a sub-illuminator which illuminates the target object by emitting light to remove a shadow generated by the main illuminator, and a camera disposed between the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator to obtain an image from light reflected by the target object illuminated by the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator;

an X-axis actuator which moves X-axis stages with respect to Y-axis stages in an X-axis direction so that the vision devices move toward or away from the guide roller while supported by the X-axis stages; and

a Y-axis actuator which moves at least any one of the Y-axis stages with respect to the base frame in the Y-axis direction to adjust a distance between the vision devices,

wherein each of the vision devices includes:

a first rotator which rotates a first rotating stage with respect to a rotating block based on an optical axis of the camera in a state in which the camera is supported by the first rotating stage;

a second rotator which rotates a second rotating stage perpendicularly connected to the rotating block with respect to a moving block based on an axis perpendicular to both the optical axis of the camera and a Y-axis;

a camera distance adjusting assembly which rotates the moving block with respect to a rotating bracket in an optical axis direction of the camera;

a third rotator which rotates the rotating bracket with respect to a rotating support based on the Y-axis; and

a Z-axis actuator which moves the rotating support with respect to a pedestal supported by the X-axis stage in a Z-axis direction.

6. The inspection system of claim 5 , comprising a heat sink which is mounted on the camera, absorbs heat from the camera, and discharges the heat.

7. The inspection system of claim 5 , comprising illuminator coolers which receive air through an internal channel and discharge the air to cool the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator in a state in which the illuminator coolers are mounted on the main illuminator and the sub-illuminator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2024
From: KANG, SUNG YONG; JANG, SEOK JOON; KWON, DAEKAB; PARK, YOUNG JUN; KIM, SUN HWAN; KWON, CHANGHYUN; KIM, HOYEOL
To: INTEKPLUS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0022720 · Feb 21, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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