Patent ID: 9150319
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A24C,B65B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A cigarette inspection device designed to obtain an image showing filter end faces of a bundle of filtered cigarettes arranged side by side with their axes parallel to one another, analyze the image and determine whether the bundle is short of filtered cigarettes, comprising: a first determination section which determines how many filtered cigarettes are arranged side by side from contours of filter end faces in the image obtained, and determines whether the bundle consists of a predetermined number of filtered cigarettes, and a second determination section which determines whether said first determination section has falsely recognized one cigarette as two, wherein said second determination section obtains gravity center positions on filter end faces in the image, and determines whether said first determination section has falsely recognized one cigarette as two, on the basis of distances between gravity center positions on adjacent filter end faces.