Smoking article inspection system and associated method

Smoking article inspection systems configured to inspect smoking articles are provided. The systems may include imaging devices configured to capture images of an exterior of the smoking article and an analysis unit configured to analyze the images captured by the imaging devices. The analysis unit may execute an edge detection tool configured to determine a position of the smoking article based on an edge location of the smoking article and a defect detection tool configured to determine whether the smoking article is defective after the position of the smoking article is determined. The imaging devices may be configured to capture images of the smoking articles during the assembly thereof. Thereby, the analysis unit may determine any operations during assembly causing damage to the smoking article from analysis of the images of the smoking article captured during assembly. Related methods are also provided. 本公开提供烟制品检查系统，其经构造以检查烟制品。所述系统可以包含经构造以捕捉所述烟制品的外部的图像的成像装置，以及经构造以分析由所述成像装置捕捉的所述图像的分析单元。所述分析单元可以执行：边缘检测工具，