Patent ID: 8983173
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B07C,F42B,G01N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for inspecting and sorting munitions, ordnance or other manufactured parts, comprising: a feeder for consecutively conveying parts along a path which extends through an inspection module; the inspection module including an input guide for delivering a part into the inspection module, and an output guide for receiving a part from the inspection module; a physical gap between the input guide and the output guide in the inspection module, such that when a part traverses the gap, the side surfaces of the part are at least temporarily visually unobstructed; an illumination assembly operative to illuminate the unobstructed side surfaces of the part as it traverses the gap between the input guide and the output guide; a plurality of imaging detectors, each imaging detector having a field of view which includes the illuminated, unobstructed side surfaces of a part, thereby enabling the imaging detectors to gather multiple side images of a part as it traverses the gap; and a processor for processing the side images to identify part characteristics or part defects.