Patent ID: 7408570
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: G01N,G06T

Abstract:
1. A web inspection system for detecting a plurality of web flaws of a web, the web inspection system comprising: a plurality of smart cameras for generating a digital pixel representation of a portion of the web, each smart camera for detecting the plurality of web flaws from the digital pixel representation and for generating output data comprising a digitized image of each flaw of the plurality of web flaws and for generating flaw location data for each flaw of the plurality of web flaws; a host computer for controlling the web inspection system and for receiving and displaying the flaw image data and the flaw location data; and an ethernet for connecting the plurality of smart cameras to the host computer, wherein the flaw image data and the flaw location data is transmitted over the ethernet from the plurality of smart cameras directly to the host computer; wherein each smart camera of the plurality of smart cameras comprises: