Patent ID: 6091847
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
Automated visual multiple-inspection system for inspecting one or more objects for identifying one or more features not conforming to a predetermined standard for determining one or more defects, comprising:a plurality of inspection devices each for identifying one or more features not conforming to a predetermined standard for determining one or more defects, each of said plurality of inspection devices comprising:means for acquiring an image of an object;means for converting said image into an image data signal;means for processing said image data signal to identify one or more features of said object not conforming to a predetermined standard for determining one or more defects;means for storing an information signal corresponding to said determined one or more defects of said object; andmeans for transmitting said information signal;a supervisor comprised of:means for receiving a plurality of said information signals;means for sorting said plurality of information signals according to a particular object represented thereby; andmeans for determining a most important information signal from among information signals representing one particular object; anddata bus means, coupled to said plurality of inspection devices and to said supervisor, for carrying information signals.