Basis weight measuring apparatus and method for sheet tobacco, and manufacturing system and method for sheet tobacco

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10051882
APP PUB NO 20150136161A1
SERIAL NO

14607253

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A measuring apparatus for performing a basis weight measuring method for sheet tobacco according to the present invention includes: a light source (28) that emits light to sheet tobacco (ST) passing through a measurement position (P) on a transport path (18); and a visual sensor (30), the visual sensor (30) having a color camera (32) disposed with the transport path (18) put between the color camera (32) and the light source (28), a processing part (40) that transforms a color image of the sheet tobacco (ST) taken by the camera (32) into a grayscale image, and a conversion part (42) that converts an average gray level of the grayscale image into a basis weight of the sheet tobacco (ST) with reference to a conversion map which indicates a relationship between the average gray level of the grayscale image and an actual basis weight of sheet tobacco (ST).

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  • JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kamishiraki, Tsutomu Tokyo, JP 1 0
Nakagawa, Seiji Tokyo, JP 26 306
Narazaki, Kaoru Tokyo, JP 1 0
Tokuda, Kazuhiro Tokyo, JP 11 129
Tsuchiya, Yasushige Tokyo, JP 1 0

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