High-speed, triangulation-based, 3-D method and system for inspecting manufactured parts and sorting the inspected parts

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9486840
APP PUB NO 20140346094A1
SERIAL NO

13901868

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High-speed, triangulation-based, 3-D method and system for inspecting manufactured parts and sorting the inspection parts are provided. A plurality of angularly-spaced, triangulation-based, sensor heads are located at an imaging station to simultaneously deliver focused lines of radiation onto a plurality of exterior side surfaces of the part during motion of the part relative to the focused lines to obtain corresponding arrays of reflected lines of radiation. The sensor heads simultaneously sense their corresponding arrays of reflected lines to obtain corresponding sets of 2-D profile signals. Each set of profile signals represent a 3-D view of one of the exterior side surfaces and the sets of 2-D profile signals represent a 360° panoramic composite 3-D view of the outer peripheral surface of the part.

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GII ACQUISITION LLC DBA GENERAL INSPECTION LLC10585 ENTERPRISE DRIVE DAVISBURG MI 48350

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Nygaard, Michael G Fenton, US 36 682

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