APPARATUS FOR DETECTING END OF STRIP AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME

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APP PUB NO 20130021472A1
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13521288

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The apparatus in accordance with the present invention detects locations of opposite ends of a running strip in a width-wise direction and heights of the ends. The apparatus includes a first light-source irradiating a light onto a lower surface of a strip, a second light-source perpendicularly irradiating a linear light onto an upper surface of the strip, a camera taking a photo of the strip, and a calculation unit calculating locations of opposite ends of the strip in width-wise and height-wise directions thereof, based on an image resulted from a light irradiated from the first light-source and an image resulted from a light irradiated from the second light-source and reflected at the strip.

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NIRECO CORPORATION2951-4 ISHIKAWA-MACHI HACHIOJI-SHI TOKYO 192-8522

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Iwase, Hirohiko Tokyo, JP 6 242
Kon, Yoshiaki Tokyo, JP 1 20
Kubota, Toshiharu Tokyo, JP 7 164

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