US4546384A
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Test method for workpieces
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1982-03-08
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Granted: 1985-10-08
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Expires: 2002-03-08
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a method for the testing of a workpiece which is moved past a stationary camera in order to record a sequence of images, the images being subsequently superposed so that the movement of the workpiece is compensated for Low-noise images of the workpiece are thus obtained.
Inventors
- 👤 Gunter Kowalski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 16:25
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01B; G01B15/00; G01B15/04; G01B15/045; H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for testing an object moving past a stationary electronic camera which records a sequence of images of said object comprising: generating relevant measurement values of said object by said stationary electronic camera, storing said measurement values of said object in an electronic memory, applying said measurement values to an evaluation device, superposing measurement values associated with the same object points by reading and combining measurement values associated with different images of said same object, and applying superposed measurement values to an image display device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
86 words
A method for testing an object moving past a stationary electronic camera which records a sequence of images of said object comprising: generating relevant measurement values of said object by said stationary electronic camera, storing said measurement values of said object in an electronic memory, applying said measurement values to an evaluation device, superposing measurement values associated with the same object points by reading and combining measurement values associated with different images of said same object, and applying superposed measurement values to an image display device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said measurement values stored in said electronic memory are used to determine shifts of said object between said different images, said object shifts controlling said reading and superposing steps.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein said object shifts are determined by comparing said relevant measurement values with a threshhold value.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
55 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein in order to determine object shifts for different shift positions cross-correlations are formed from image signals, said image signals consisting of measurement values situated in image shift directions, said images being shifted with respect to one another, and wherein a maximum value of said cross-correlations is subsequently determined.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein object shifts for a sequence of images are determined from said measurement values each time the latest image and improved measurement values are obtained from previous images of said sequence.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 5, wherein said measurement values are weighted with a factor, said factor being smaller as said image appears earlier in said sequence.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein for an improved display of said object, a mean value is determined of said superposed measurement values of relevant images.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said superposed measurement values are subjected to a non-linear, medium value filtering process to improve display of said object.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of superposing forms a superposed image of said object.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein image faults of said object appear in different locations of the superposed image of said object, such that noise is substantially suppressed.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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