Patent №
US 4,969,746
Granted
1990-11-13
Filed 1988
Owner
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, COUNTY OF FORSYTH, NORTH CAROLINA A CORP. OF NJ
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
07239893
The apparatus of the invention comprises a lighting device for illuminating a component to be inspected to form a halo of light around a periphery of the component and a system for comparing the shape of the halo of light to a known acceptable shape. A camera may be used to detect the halo and a programmed computer may be used to perform image analysis of the shape of the halo to determine if it conforms to an acceptable shape.
AI classification
Ownership
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, WINSTON-SALEM, COUNTY OF FORSYTH, NORTH CAROLINA A CORP. OF NJ
assignment · 49750163
Assignors
MC CONNELL, BAIN C., MARRITT, CLIFFORD R., NELSON, JOHN L., WHITE, KENNETH W.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.