Smoking-related article inspection systems and associated methods

Smoking-related article inspection systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems include an x-ray imaging device configured to capture at least one image of the smoking-related articles, a smoking-related article transporting device configured to sequentially intr...

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Main Author Ademe, Balager
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.03.2023
Subjects
CALCULATING
CIGARETTES
CIGARS
COMPUTING
COUNTING
HUMAN NECESSITIES
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
MACHINES FOR MAKING CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES
MOUTHPIECES FOR CIGARS OR CIGARETTES
PHYSICS
SMOKERS' REQUISITES
TOBACCO
TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS
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Summary:Smoking-related article inspection systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In some aspects, the systems include an x-ray imaging device configured to capture at least one image of the smoking-related articles, a smoking-related article transporting device configured to sequentially introduce the smoking-related articles into the imaging zone; and an analysis unit in communication with the x-ray imaging device and configured to analyze the at least one image captured by the x-ray imaging device for each of the smoking-related articles, the analysis unit being configured to execute: an inspection tool to determine values for one or more parameters of each of the smoking-related articles based on the analysis of the at least one image; and a comparison tool to determine an acceptability of the smoking-related articles for further processing based on comparing the determined values for the one or more parameters to ideal values for the one or more parameters.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202117331279