EP3445183A1 - Anordnung und verfahren zum optischen prüfen von stabförmigen artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrie - Google Patents
Anordnung und verfahren zum optischen prüfen von stabförmigen artikeln der tabak verarbeitenden industrieInfo
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- the invention relates to an arrangement for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes, with a conveying member for Queraxialen conveying the rod-shaped article and with an optical test device for testing the conveyed on the conveying member rod-shaped article.
- the invention relates to a method for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, in particular filter cigarettes, by means of an optical test device, wherein the rod-shaped articles are conveyed transaxially on a conveying member and the articles are checked by means of an adjacent to the conveying member provided optical inspection device.
- the invention relates to a machine of the tobacco processing industry, in particular a filter attachment machine or a filter rod manufacturing machine, with an optical test device.
- rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry are understood as meaning, for example, objects such as filter cigarettes, cigarillos, filter rods and multi-segment filter rods, as well as non-smoking multisegment articles.
- quality features are detected on the respective articles, such as dimensions, surface finish, integrity, segment or component identification, segment or component positioning, stamp imprints, stamps, labels, etc.
- the illumination of the measurement objects is regularly realized with separate light sources which, because of the large distance to the object, must have high light intensities, generate unwanted heat and build relatively large, such as, for example, halogen lamps.
- the bulbs such as halogen lamps and incandescent lamps, also have the disadvantage of uneven illumination. In particular, edge attenuation occurs, which is attempted by optical lenses to correct. In addition, difficulties in detecting reflective surfaces occur. Due to the fact that in the dusty environment of a machine of the tobacco processing industry flying particles such as e.g. Tobacco dust, tobacco crumbs, pieces of paper that interfere with optical control and it comes to incorrect ratings, it can be reduced only by consuming measures because of the large distance of the control devices or test equipment used.
- EP 0 812 548 B1 discloses a device for monitoring the external integrity of cigarettes, which are conveyed transaxially on a conveyor drum on a plurality of line scanning cameras and are rotated on the conveying path about their longitudinal axis, which requires an additional expenditure on drive means.
- the line scan cameras are used so that each image line of a line scan camera makes a single stripe-like photograph of a longitudinal section of a cigarette surface. Since the number of line scan cameras is limited, only a number of sections of the cigarette surface corresponding to the number of line scan cameras are inspected, but not the entire surface. Furthermore, the device lacks a separate illumination there and is thus dependent on rather accidental lighting conditions of the environment. In addition, due to the radially spaced to the conveyor drum technicallynabtastsinces a considerable amount of space can be provided.
- an optical test device which on a first conveyor drum a first für nab mustard and on a second Conveyor drum has a second fürzonenabexcellent.
- two optical inspection means are aligned at different angles to the conveyor drum surface, which are at right angles to each other and detect adjacent peripheral portions of the rod-shaped article.
- the optical test device described therein also takes up a considerable amount of space due to the optical testing devices spaced apart radially from the conveyor drums, together with associated lighting devices.
- flying particles such as tobacco particles, interfere with the optical control and it comes to incorrect ratings.
- Publication EP 1 826 557 A1 discloses a device for optically testing the coating of rod-shaped articles with a circulating conveyor for conveying the articles in a single-ply row through a test zone with two receiving devices in the form of cameras aligned with the same test zone, the receiving devices are aligned substantially perpendicular to each other.
- Claimed are a device and a method for detecting free-flying dirt particles in the space between the surface of the article to be tested and the recording device by a common evaluation of the images of both cameras.
- detection of free-flying dirt particles seems possible, so the equipment cost, namely to provide two cameras for a single test zone, very large.
- the optical test device described therein also claims a considerable amount of space due to the optical test devices spaced radially from the conveyor drums, together with associated lighting devices.
- the testing devices described above can be provided in particular in a filter attachment machine for checking the filter cigarettes produced on these machines.
- a filter attachment machine for checking the filter cigarettes produced on these machines.
- MAX a filter attachment of the patent applicant is known.
- a filter attachment machine is a machine for the production of filter cigarettes understood with means for receiving tobacco sticks multiple use length, with means for cutting these tobacco sticks in tobacco sticks easier Utility length, comprising means for inserting double length filter plugs between the tobacco rods of simple length, comprising means for connecting the double length filter plug to the two single length tobacco rods by wrapping with a tipping paper sheet, means for subsequently making a central cut through the double length filter plug such that Filter cigarettes normal use length arise.
- the filter cigarettes are subjected to a leak test and / or a head or fire end test and / or a ventilation degree test and / or at least one optical test in the filter attachment machine. In the leak test, each individual cigarette is exposed to test air on a test drum.
- the cigarette in question will be faulty and will be ejected.
- an optical transducer measures the tobacco density in the head ends of the cigarettes.
- the measured pressure ratio output / input is proportional to the degree of ventilation of the cigarette.
- An advantageous aspect of the invention further consists in advantageously minimizing the required installation space for the optical test devices.
- Another advantageous aspect of the invention is to advantageously ensure a hundred percent inspection of the rod-shaped products / articles at high production speeds.
- Another aspect of the invention is to reduce the unauthorized shot in the optical inspection of rod-shaped products / articles of the tobacco processing industry and thus to increase the machine performance.
- the optical inspection device has two cameras and one optical device between each camera and the respective associated test zone, each optical device having at least a first optical axis and a second optical axis and at least one beam deflection device.
- the first optical axis of the first optical device extends from the respective test zone to the first beam deflection device and the second optical axis from the beam deflection device, preferably via a further beam deflection device, to the first camera.
- the first optical axis of the second optical device extends from the respective test zone to the first beam deflection device and the second optical axis from the beam deflection device, preferably via a further beam deflection device, to the second camera.
- the second optical axis of the first optical device and the second optical axis of the second optical device preferably include an angle of less than 45 °, preferably less than 15 °, more preferably less than 5 °.
- the beam deflection devices preferably have at least one mirror and / or at least one prism.
- test drum is advantageously understood to mean a conveying drum of the tobacco-processing industry for conveying rod-shaped articles, such as cigarettes, double cigarettes, filter rods or multifilament rods and the like, in the transverse-axial direction, the test drum having means for testing and / or wherein adjacent to the conveyor drum means for checking the conveyed rod-shaped articles are arranged or provided, wherein the rod-shaped articles can be checked on the conveyor drum using the means for testing in an optical, electrical and / or mechanical manner is preferably designed as a hollow drum with a plurality of spaced parallel to the rotation axis on the drum circumference arranged troughs for receiving the rod-shaped article is achieved the aspect of minimizing the required space, preferably by an arrangement for testing of rod-shaped articles, wherein the second optical axis of the first optical device and the second optical axis of the second optical device each parallel to the tangent to the drum circumference of the test drum in the associated test zone and perpendicular to the axis
- Flat means that the distance from the axis of rotation of the test drum to the outer side of the housing of the optical device is kept as low as possible.
- the tangent on the circumference of a test drum which runs through the center of a test zone, for example. Centrally between two wells, which lie in a test zone. A connecting line beyond the centers of the two wells would then correspondingly be a chord which runs parallel to the aforementioned tangent.
- the optical axis of the first camera be aligned with the second optical system.
- axis of the first optical device coincides and the optical axis of the second camera coincides with the second optical axis of the second optical device.
- optical axis of the first camera extends obliquely at an angle to the second optical axis of the first optical device and the optical axis of the second camera extends obliquely at an angle to the second optical axis of the second optical device.
- the optical axis of the first camera runs essentially transversely to the second optical axis of the first optical device and the optical axis of the second camera extends substantially transversely to the second optical axis of the second optical device This achieves a flexible beam guidance which can be adapted to the geometrical conditions and a flexible arrangement of the cameras.
- the optical axes of the first and second cameras extend substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the test drum.
- the first optical device and the second optical device are each preferably designed as entocentric optics.
- the optical test devices each have a plurality of, in particular three, separately controllable in the light intensity and separately switchable lighting devices, which in their longitudinal extent parallel to the rotation Axis of the test drum (34) extend and are preferably designed as light emitting diode rows (LED rows).
- LED rows light emitting diode rows
- a further advantage namely to ensure a higher inspection speed, is achieved by the fact that both cameras and both optical devices are designed and arranged in each case one, in particular substantially the same, sequentially received peripheral surface section of a specific rod-shaped article together on the image sensor of the respective camera map.
- the image sensor preferably has at least 1.3 megapixels, and with a required higher image resolution, image sensors with 5.0 megapixels and more can also be adapted.
- the further aspect namely to ensure a higher inspection speed, is achieved, preferably in that the image sensor of one or each camera is arranged inclined or pivotable so that the normal of the image sensor makes an angle of at least 1 °, preferably at least 2 ° preferably forms at least 3 °, for example, 3.8 ° with the optical axis of the respective camera.
- 8 shows, by way of example, a camera 61 with objective 75 and the sensor unit 77 containing the planar image sensor 78 which, for example, continues via a bellows 79 at an angle of at least 1 °, preferably in the range between 1 ° and 10 ° preferably in the range between 1 ° and 6 ° to each other.
- the sharpness range of the object is stretched particularly advantageous, so that two parallel with their longitudinal axis rod-shaped articles, which are for example in parallel spaced wells of a conveyor drum or a Muldenbands be imaged equally sharp.
- the underlying optical phenomenon is referred to as sharpness expansion.
- the condition for this is that the object plane of the rod-shaped articles, the lens main plane and the imaging plane on the image sensor intersect in a common straight line.
- the stated object is also achieved by a method for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry with the features of the independent method claims 13 and 16.
- the optical test device has an optical device between each camera and the respective associated test zone each optical device having at least a first optical axis and a second optical axis and at least one beam deflection device, wherein the light beams from the respective test zone, along the first optical axis of the first optical device, passed on to the first beam deflection device and deflected there, so that they are subsequently passed along the second optical axis, preferably via a further beam deflection device, to the associated first camera. Accordingly, the beam path and the beam path of the second optical device to the second camera represent.
- the optical test device on an evaluation, which is formed by an algorithm, in particular a filtering and / or calculation algorithm of the previously recorded sequentially Images of the peripheral surface portion of the rod-shaped article to produce a corrected and / or artifact-free image of this peripheral surface portion.
- an advantageous embodiment of the method for testing rod-shaped articles is distinguished by the fact that the test zones with the rod-shaped articles are illuminated by a plurality of in particular at least four, preferably at least three LED lines of the optical test devices.
- the light intensity of the individual LEDs of the LED rows is controlled in such a way that a homogeneous diffuse illumination is established on the free peripheral surface of the rod-shaped article or the rod-shaped article, wherein preferably the signals required for switching on the LED rows are based on a synchronization unit the signals of a rotating angle sensor operatively connected to the test drum (s) are controlled.
- the focus range is set according to the distance of the troughs on the conveyor and / or test drum by a corresponding inclination of the lens main plane. This is a division-dependent focus range, which is oriented at the trough distance of a conveyor and test drum, advantageously produced.
- a machine of the tobacco processing industry having an arrangement according to the invention for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco processing industry, wherein the at least one test drum is arranged downstream of a compilation drum.
- the machine preferably further comprises a rotation angle sensor, which is in operative connection with the at least one test drum and a synchronization unit for driving the LED lines and / or the cameras, and / or a display device, which is designed and set up, each of the cameras successively to display captured images of a predetermined inspection zone and / or a successively recorded image or image of a predetermined electronicallys vomab- section of the same rod-shaped article simultaneously.
- the machine preferably has a plurality of drums, namely conveyor drums and at least one compilation drum, and preferably at least one cutting drum and / or at least one roller drum, wherein the machine is designed at least in sections as a filter application unit or multi-segment aggregation unit.
- the rod-shaped articles to be tested namely in particular filter rods, multi-segment articles, filter cigarettes, e-cigarettes, heat-not-burn cigarettes (HnB cigarettes) or cigarillos, are thereby transversely axially at a small distance from the at least one optical test device by means of the at least one test drum moved past.
- an arrangement for testing rod-shaped articles of the tobacco-processing industry is provided according to the invention, with a conveying member for Queraxialen conveying the rod-shaped article and with an optical test device for checking the rod-shaped article conveyed on the conveyor element, in particular a test drum, by at least two test zones, the optical test device having a plurality of, preferably exactly two cameras, and an evaluation unit for evaluating the pictures taken by the cameras by means of image processing, wherein the cameras are arranged to receive substantially identical areas of each rod-shaped article at different positions of the conveying member, and the evaluation unit for comparing the successively recorded images of a defined peripheral surface portion of a rod-shaped article and for detecting a disturbing influence acting in the beam path of the test device based on this comparison is.
- each rod-shaped article By receiving substantially identical regions of each rod-shaped article at different positions of the conveyor organ, i. Generation of redundant images of each rod-shaped article, is always enough image information available to reliably detect and eliminate interference in the field of optical inspection device can.
- the invention is based on the fact that due to the different beam paths leading to the two cameras, a specific interference effect has a different effect on the images of the two cameras. For example, if a tobacco crumb appears at a certain position in an image taken by the first camera, that tobacco crumb will not appear at the same position in the identical image taken by the second camera, because the cameras are located at different positions of the conveyor organ.
- interference between the inspected rod-shaped article and the image sensor of the respective camera can be detected.
- Detectable disturbances in addition to tobacco crumbs and other particles in the air for example, be contaminants of the optical elements of the test device or failure of individual pixels of an imaging sensor.
- the images of equal peripheral surface portions or portions of each rod-shaped article are compared. Any interfering influence acting in the area of the test device can then be detected and eliminated on the basis of this comparison, in particular by means of suitable algorithms for image processing become.
- a corrected and / or artifact-free image of a rod-shaped article is determined by algorithms, in particular image data filters and / or image data links of successively recorded images of a rod-shaped article or more precisely of a part of the surface of a rod-shaped article.
- Fig. 1 shows schematically a portion of a Filteransetzmaschine in a front view
- FIG. 2a shows schematically a drum arrangement of a filter attachment machine with two optical test devices in a first embodiment
- FIG. 2b schematically shows a drum arrangement of a filter attachment machine with two optical inspection devices in a second embodiment
- FIG. 3 shows schematically an optical testing device according to the invention in a first embodiment
- FIG. 4 schematically shows an optical testing device according to the invention in a second embodiment
- Fig. 5 schematically shows an optical inspection device according to the invention in a third embodiment
- Fig. 8 is a view of an image pickup device in an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 9 is a flowchart according to the invention and 10 shows a simplified representation of the imaging principle according to the invention in the third embodiment according to FIG. 5.
- a filter attachment machine is shown in fragmentary form in a front view, wherein the filter attachment machine receives tobacco rods of double the use length via a drum arrangement T for the supply of tobacco rods from a cigarette rod maker SE shown schematically.
- the tobacco rods are cut twice the length of use and spread longitudinally axially.
- F double-length filter plugs are transported via another drum assembly, which are each inserted between two longitudinally spaced tobacco rods.
- a sequence of tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod groups formed transaxially behind one another is formed on the assembly drum 21.
- the assembled article groups are transferred from the assembly drum 21 to a conveyor drum 22.
- a glued and conveyed tipping paper strip 1 1 is cut in a tipping apparatus 10 on a cutting drum 12 by the knives of a knife drum 13 into so-called tipping paper leaflets.
- the cut tipping paper sheets are in each case attached to the article groups or tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod groups on the conveyor drum 22 during the transfer.
- the article groups are transported with each adhered padding paper leaflets on to a subsequent roller drum 26 and a rolling device 27, by means of which the tipping paper leaflets are completely wound around the center of the tobacco rod filter plug tobacco rod groups.
- the rolling device 27 consists in one embodiment of a web wheel, a rolling hand with a rolling surface, wherein the rolling surface and the opposite surface of the rolling drum 26 form a rolling channel, are wrapped in the article groups with the tipping paper, which double-length filter cigarettes are formed.
- the double-length filter cigarettes are subsequently transferred to a conveyor drum 28 and further below to a further conveyor drum 29 and provided for the further processing process on a filter attachment machine.
- the double-length filter cigarettes are conveyed via a conveyor drum 30 to a cutting drum 31, which is associated with a rotating cutting blade 32 which produces filter cigarettes of simple useful length from the double-length filter cigarettes by means of a central separating cut.
- the filter cigarettes are then transferred from the cutting drum 31 to a spreading drum 33.
- the filter cigarette pairs are longitudinally spaced from each other and then transferred to a conveyor drum 35.
- the cigarettes are transferred from the conveyor drum 35 to a subsequent test drum 34, which are associated with a first test device 44 and second test device 45, which are arranged at different circumferential positions, for example.
- a subsequent test drum 34 which are associated with a first test device 44 and second test device 45, which are arranged at different circumferential positions, for example.
- the evaluation unit 80 can derive information regarding the integrity of the inspected section of the surface and / or the stamping position and / or the correct position of the lining paper leaflet. This will be explained in more detail below.
- FIG. 2a shows schematically a view of an arrangement of drums, consisting of a spreading drum 33, a first test drum 34, a second test drum 35 and a subsequent conveyor drum 36. From the spreading drum 33 are longitudinally axially spread pairs of filter cigarettes 50 to the first fürtrom- mel 34 and subsequently passed to the second test drum 35.
- FIG. 2a shows twice two optical test devices 44, 45 according to FIG. 5, but there without a housing, wherein in each case an optical test device 44, 45 is assigned to a test drum 34, 35, so that the entire circumference of a rod-shaped product or article from the cameras 61, 62 can be received and subsequently tested.
- the filter cigarettes 50 are transported past the first testing device 44 approximately at the 9 o'clock position, wherein the filter cigarettes 50 conveyed on the test drum 34 pass through a test zone 46 of the test device 44.
- the test zone 46 two images of a certain peripheral area of the filter cigarettes 50 are taken, as shown for example in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 above.
- the filter cigarettes 50 are transported past about the 3 o'clock position on the second test device 45, the filter cigarettes 50 conveyed on the test drum 35 passing through a test zone 47 of the test device 45.
- test zone 46 images of two circumferential areas of approximately 90 ° of the filter cigarettes 50 are taken in each case twice in succession, so that the first 180 ° of the circumference of the filter cigarettes 50 are imaged.
- inspection zone 47 images of the remaining two circumferential regions of approximately 90 ° of the filter cigarettes 50 are taken in each case twice in succession, so that the second 1 80 ° of the circumference of the filter cigarettes 50 are imaged. The captured images become the
- Evaluation unit 80 passed and subjected there to an evaluation in view of predetermined properties of the filter cigarettes 50, in particular with regard to the integrity of the inspected portion of the surface and / or the stamp position and / or the correct position of the tipping paper leaflet. This will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
- FIG. 2b shows schematically a view of an arrangement of drums consisting of a spreading drum 33, a conveyor drum 35, a test drum 34 and a subsequent conveyor drum 36. From the spreading drum 33 axially axially spread pairs of filter cigarettes 50 are transferred to the conveyor drum 35.
- FIG. 2b shows two optical test devices 44, 45 as shown without a respective housing in FIGS. 3 and 4, both optical test devices being associated with a single test drum 34. As the drums rotate, the filter cigarettes 50 are transported past the first testing device 44 approximately at the 3 o'clock position, the filter cigarettes 50 conveyed on the test drum 34 passing through a test zone 46 of the testing device 44.
- test zone 46 images of a certain circumferential area of the filter cigarettes 50 are taken, as shown for example in FIGS. 6 and 7 above. Subsequently, the filter cigarettes 50 are transported past about the one-o'clock position on the second test device 45, wherein the filter cigarettes 50 conveyed on the test drum 34 in this case pass through a test zone 47 of the test device 45. In the inspection zone 47, images of the same peripheral area or peripheral portion of the filter cigarettes 50 are taken as previously in the first testing device 44, for example as shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7 middle.
- the recorded images are conveyed to the evaluation unit 80 where they are subjected to an evaluation with regard to predetermined properties of the filter cigarettes 50, in particular with regard to the integrity of the inspected portion of the surface and / or the stamp position and / or the correct position of the paper backing sheet. This will be explained in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.
- Fig. 3 shows schematically an image pickup device according to the invention.
- each camera 61, 62 for example, two images on a not shown
- Image sensor recorded These are two adjacent peripheral surface portions of a filter cigarette 50.
- the filter cigarette 50 is usually tested in a trans-axial transport on a test drum 34 only in one shot.
- the optical test device 44, 45 according to the invention in this exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 3 by correspondingly reflecting elements, namely a plurality of mirrors 73 and a prism 74 of a first beam deflecting unit 71 of a first optical device 67, two images, namely of two peripheral surface sections of 90 each ° of a first filter cigarette 50 in the first sketchzonenabêt 46, 47 with a first and second beam path subsequently merged and guided along a first optical axis 63 and a second optical axis 64 to the first camera 61.
- test drum 34 now continues to rotate, after a predetermined angular position, the first filter cigarette 50 reaches the second test zone section 48, 49 and is recorded by the second camera 62 as described above and stored in the image memory.
- the images taken by the cameras 61, 62 are sent to an evaluation unit 80 shown schematically in FIGS. 2a and 2b and evaluated there by means of digital image processing.
- the evaluation unit 80 is in particular an electronic data processing device with a microprocessor or microcontroller.
- the evaluation unit 80 can be realized in a separate computer or in the machine control. Results of the evaluation can advantageously be displayed on a screen device 81 for a machine operator.
- FIG. 3 further shows three LED lines 60 in the region of the beam deflection units 71, 72, which ensure homogeneous and diffuse illumination of the filter cigarettes 50 in the respective test zone 46, 47, 48, 49.
- a clock and angle-synchronous control of the LED lines 60 is effected by a synchronization unit, not shown, which receives corresponding input signals from a rotary encoder, pulse generator or resolver, also not shown.
- a synchronization unit not shown, which receives corresponding input signals from a rotary encoder, pulse generator or resolver, also not shown.
- two peripheral surface portions of the filter cigarette 50 are respectively imaged on the image sensors of the cameras 61, 62.
- the successively recorded images of a predetermined peripheral surface portion of the same filter cigarette 50 thus produced are compared with each other online by the evaluation unit.
- Fig. 4 shows schematically another image pickup arrangement according to the invention.
- each camera 61, 62 there are two image recording devices or two cameras 61, 62, each with a lens 75, 76 are provided.
- each camera 61, 62 two images can be recorded simultaneously on a non-illustrated image sensor.
- the optical test device 44, 45 according to the invention, in this embodiment according to FIG. 4, by respective reflecting elements, namely a plurality of mirrors 73 of a first beam deflection unit 71 of the first optical device 67 Illustration of a peripheral surface portion of 90 ° of a first and a second filter cigarette 50 in the first sketchzonenabêt 46, 47 with a first and second th beam path subsequently merged and guided together along a first optical axis 63 and a second optical axis 64 to the first camera 61.
- FIG. 4 further shows three LED lines 60 in the area of the beam deflection units 71, 72, which ensure homogeneous and diffuse illumination of the filter cigarettes 50 in the respective test zone 46, 47, 48, 49.
- the description relating to FIG. 3 with regard to the activation of the LED lines 60 and the evaluation of the recordings or illustration.
- Fig. 5 shows schematically another image pickup device according to the invention.
- each camera 61, 62 two images are successively recorded together on a single image sensor.
- the optical test device 44, 45 according to the invention, in this exemplary embodiment according to FIG.
- the respective image of said first peripheral surface portion of approximately 90 ° of a first one is formed by a reflecting element, namely a mirror 73 of the first beam deflection unit 71 of the first optical device 67 Filter cigarette 50 in the first fürzonenabrough 46, 47 with a first beam path along a first optical axis 63 and a second optical axis 64 to the first camera 61 out.
- Some drum wells further downstream are successively formed by another reflective element, namely a mirror 73 of the second beam deflection unit 72 of the second optical device 68, two images of one second peripheral surface portion of about 90 ° of a second filter cigarette 50 in the second sketchzonenabêt 48, 49 with a third and fourth beam path hereinafter jointly along a first optical axis 65 and a second optical axis 66 to the second camera 62 out.
- the first filter cigarette 50 passes into the second sketchzonenabêt 48, 49 and successively take the recording of the images of the second peripheral surface portion of about 90 °.
- the first beam deflection unit 71 has a mirror, in which the incident beams along the first optical axis 63 have an incident angle of 27.5 ° and the reflected beams along the second optical axis 64 have an exit angle of 27.5 ° opposite the entrance slot.
- the second beam deflection unit 72 has a prism 74, in particular a reflection prism, in which the incident beams of the first optical axis 63 have an incident angle of 61 ° and the reflected beams of the second optical axis 64 a deflection angle of 61 ° have opposite the Einfailslot.
- the entrance and exit angles can vary by +/- 15 ° depending on the geometric conditions.
- FIG. 5 further shows three LED lines 60 in the region of the beam deflection units 71, 72, which ensure homogeneous and diffuse illumination of the filter cigarettes 50 in the respective test zone 46, 47, 48, 49. To avoid repetition, reference is made to the description of FIG.
- the third embodiment according to FIG. 5 requires the least amount of beam deflection elements and also has the smallest space requirement.
- the above-described three embodiments of the image recording device according to the invention and the optical test device 44, 45 according to the invention as shown in FIG. 3, Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 can be further optimized in terms of space or space requirements, but this requires a slightly larger amount of Strahlum- steering elements.
- the cameras 61, 62 are arranged such that the optical axes of the cameras 61, 62 are perpendicular to the second optical axes 64, 66, the optical axes of the cameras 61, 62 being parallel to the axis of rotation the test drum 34, wherein the cameras 61, 62 are arranged such that the lenses 75, 76 facing each other.
- This minimized space requirement is represented by the housing border shown dashed in Fig. 5.
- FIG. 6 shows at the top the receptacle 82 of an intact rod-shaped article, here a double-long cigarette, received at the first camera 61 at a first point in time, wherein, however, due to a tobacco crumb flying around in the beam path of the first camera 61, a corresponding punctiform shadow acts as a disturbing influence 83 in FIG the image 82 is visible.
- the interfering influence 83 may be rated as product defect and the corresponding product ejected even though the product is intact and only one tobacco crumb is in the beam path of the first camera 61 has found.
- the substantially same circumferential surface section of a specific rod-shaped product or article is then taken up again with the first camera 61 at a second time t 2 , which corresponds to that in the middle of FIG. 6 with predominantly redundant image information relative to the image 82.
- the disturbing influence 83 of the first tobacco crumb is not visible because the intake was made at another time at a different circumferential position. However, in the image 84, the shadow of another tobacco crumb is visible as a nuisance 85.
- a corrected image 86 is calculated by suitable combination of the images 82 and 84.
- the linking of the images 82 and 84 may, for example, be a kind of AND operation, so that only structures which are visible in both images 82, 84 also appear in the corrected image 86.
- the evaluation unit 80 determines an artifact in one image, the image information from the other image is used.
- FIG. 6 in this way in the corrected image 86 both disturbing influences 83, 85 have been eliminated and disappeared.
- An example of the evaluation of the images of a defective article is shown in FIG. In this example, in the beam path of the second test device 45 is a tobacco crumb, which leads to a disturbing influence 85.
- a defect 87 is visible, which is also visible in the second image 84 at the same position. It is thus highly likely not an artifact caused by a tobacco crumb or the like but a defect on the surface of the rod-shaped article. Due to the AND operation, the defect 87 thus also appears in the corrected image 86.
- the evaluation unit 80 can thus correctly determine that the article from which the images 82 and 84 in accordance with FIG. 7 originate has an optical defect in the form of a defect 87 and is thus defective.
- step 101 it is checked whether the filter cigarette 50 has reached the position of the In the case, the first peripheral surface section is exposed in step 102 and recorded on a first half of the image sensor 78 and stored in the following step 103 in a first image memory 108.
- step 104 it is checked in step 104 whether the filter cigarette 50 has reached the position t 2 , if this is the case, the first peripheral surface section is exposed again in step 105 and recorded on the second half of the image sensor 78 and stored in the subsequent step 106 in the first image memory 108 , With the step 107, the first subcycle is completed.
- the two images are read out of the first image memory 108 in step 1 10 and fed to the evaluation algorithm in step 1 12.
- the image resulting from the two images is stored in step 1 12 in the second image memory 14 and is there for further processing and / or evaluation, for example.
- the first image memory and the second image memory have been shown separately for the sake of simplicity, it can of course also be a single image memory with at least two memory locations.
- Fig. 10 shows a simplified illustration of the imaging principle according to the invention in the third embodiment corresponding to the flowchart of Fig. 9 and apparatus of Fig. 5.
- a peripheral surface portion of the filter cigarette 50 becomes a first time taken at the time ti or in the position on one half of the image sensor 78, as indicated by the solid lines.
- the peripheral surface portion of the filter cigarette 50 is a second time at time t 2 and in the position t 2 on the second half of
- Image sensor 78 recorded, as indicated by the dashed lines.
- the optical elements, such as mirrors and prisms and the objective have been omitted in order to emphasize the method according to the invention. LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS
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