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...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gates, Hugh, Hutchens, Luke, Belk, Jim, Thomas, Reginald, Phan, Hung, Wood, Gary Lee, Francis, Zach, Campbell, Chris
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CALCULATING COMPUTING CONVEYING COUNTING ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGINGARTICLES OR MATERIALS MEASURING PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION STORING TESTING TRANSPORTING UNPACKING
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Zusammenfassung:	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.