Patent ID: 8823969
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An inspection system adapted to receive image data corresponding to an image and process the image data to produce a report corresponding to characteristics of the image, the inspection system comprising: interface cards adapted to receive the image data in a flow, where each interface card receives image data corresponding to a different portion of the image, process nodes connected to the interface cards and adapted to receive the image data from the interface cards, a host computer connected to the process nodes, job managers implemented in the host computer and adapted to manage the flow of image data to and from the process nodes, the job managers written in a relatively stable and slow programming environment and adapted to remain operable during a crash of one of the process nodes, and process node programs implemented in the process nodes and adapted to analyze a portion of the image data and produce the report corresponding to the characteristics of the analyzed portion of the image data, at least one process node program implemented in each process node, the process node programs written in a relatively instable and fast programming environment and adapted to rapidly analyze the image, the process node programs being isolated from the job managers so that a crash of a process node program does not crash the job manager.