Patent ID: 9470638
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: G01M,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A converter-integrated machine vision method for detecting leakage from a composition-containing pouch, wherein: a) the pouch is located in a cavity of a platen, the platen being disposed in a pouch converting line, the platen comprising a plurality of mold cavities; and mixtures thereof; and the platen has a plurality of platen edges adjacent to the cavity; the method comprising the steps of: i. exposing at least one of the plurality of platen edges to an actinic radiation-emitting source; ii. with an imaging unit, obtaining an image of the at least one of the plurality of platen edges exposed to the actinic radiation-emitting source; iii. with an imaging processing unit, detecting actinic radiation emission if present on the at least one of the plurality of platen edges; and iv. sending a fail message to a controller if the actinic radiation emission is detected, wherein when the controller detects actinic radiation emission at at least one platen edge, the controller then directs that the pouch in the cavity adjacent the at least one platen edge be ejected from the converting line.