Smoking article package inspection system and associated method

A smoking article package inspection system configured to inspect a smoking article package is provided. The system includes imaging devices configured to capture images of the smoking article package and an analysis unit configured to analyze the images captured by the imaging devices and determine whether the smoking article package is defective. The imaging devices may be positioned and configured to capture images of the smoking article package at least one of: before and after enclosing a plurality of smoking articles in the smoking article package, before and after printing an identifier on the smoking article package, and before and after wrapping the smoking article package with an outer wrapper. A related method is also provided. 本公开提供种烟制品封装检查系统，其经构造以检查烟制品封装。所述系统包含：成像装置，其经构造以捕捉所述烟制品封装的图像；以及分析单元，其经构造以分析由所述成像装置捕捉的所述图像且确定所述烟制品封装是否有缺陷。所述成像装置可以经定位且构造以在以下各项中的至少者时捕捉所述烟制品封装的图像：在所述烟制品封装中封闭多个烟制品之前和之后，在所述烟制品封装上印刷识别符之前和之后，以及在用外包装材料包装所述烟制品封装之前和之后。还提供相关的方法。