Patent ID: 9721335
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06T

Claim:
1. A system for determining the quality of markings applied to individual objects at a marking station while the objects travel along at least one path through a processing system, wherein the marking station includes at least one marking unit positioned adjacent at least one path along which the objects are conveyed, the at least one marking unit operable to mark the objects as the objects pass through the marking station, the system comprising: at least one processor; at least one image capture device operatively coupled to the at least one processor and controlled in part by the at least one processor, the at least one image capture device positioned adjacent the at least one marking unit, the at least one image capture device operable to capture image data representative of at least one area adjacent to the at least one marking unit, wherein the at least one area is defined such that at least one of objects to be marked by the at least one marking unit, objects marked by the at least one marking unit, and combinations thereof will pass therethrough; at least one image analysis unit operatively coupled to the at least one processor and controlled in part by the at least one processor, the at least one image analysis unit operable to analyze at least a portion of the captured image data with respect to at least one of position of objects to be marked with respect to the at least one marking unit, characteristics of objects to be marked, quality of markings which have been applied to the objects, integrity of the objects to which markings have been applied, and combinations thereof, and generate quality data therefrom; a non-transient memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and operable to store data associated with the captured images; and at least one input/output interface operatively coupled to the processor; wherein the at least one processor is operable to: