Optics: measuring and testing – By shade or color – With sample responsive to plural colors applied simultaneously
Patent
1992-04-20
1993-06-29
Evans, F. L.
Optics: measuring and testing
By shade or color
With sample responsive to plural colors applied simultaneously
356419, 356425, 250226, G01J 350
Patent
active
052239179
ABSTRACT:
A product discrimination system using a lens assembly for projecting an image of the product unit toward a randomized fiber optic cable. The end of the fiber optic cable is constructed in a rectangular section such that a long thin section of the product unit is viewed at any given time. The cable discharges the light at a lens and filter arrangement such that the emitted light may be divided into portions and filtered for measurement by photodiodes of specific and different wavelengths. Through a comparison of the wavelengths to a standard, attributes of the product unit can be determined. A method for distinguishing between adjacent product units which are not separated one from the other employs sensing a plurality of decreasing widths followed by a plurality of increasing widths to establish a product end therebetween. Off-loading elements on the conveyor are assigned by location of the product units. Ratios may be employed between different spectra magnitudes which ratios may be further divided by the number of scans taken of any given product unit to establish attributes of the product unit per unit area. A split optic fiber cable may be used to aim the lens assembly through transmitting light in a reverse direction through the cable to impinge on the scan area.
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Evans F. L.
OMS-Optical Measuring Systems
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