Electrical pulse counters – pulse dividers – or shift registers: c – Applications – Counting animate or inanimate entities
Patent
1997-10-31
2000-07-18
Wells, Kenneth B.
Electrical pulse counters, pulse dividers, or shift registers: c
Applications
Counting animate or inanimate entities
377 53, 2502221, G06M 700
Patent
active
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ABSTRACT:
A device for counting the number of corrugated articles in a stack of corrugated articles includes a light source for illuminating a multi-article containing surface of the stack of corrugated articles. An electro-optical image capturing camera captures a first visual image frame of a first segment of the multi-article containing surface, and a signal converting means converts the first visual image frame into a first electronic frame signal representative of the first visual image frame. A central processing unit, a frame grabber circuit and software process the first electronic frame signal into a first series of article signals representative of the series of individual articles of the first segment of the multi-article containing surface. The processor also counts the number of individual articles in the first series of article signals. The camera is mounted on a belt track assembly, and movable by a stepper motor from a first position to a second position for permitting the camera to capture a second visual image frame of a second segment of the multi-article containing surface.
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Hill Gregory D.
Sternberg Edward
Nguyen Hai L.
Wells Kenneth B.
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