Abrégé

This specification describes methods and systems for printed code inspection. For instance, the specification describes a computer-implemented method for printed code inspection by a printed code inspection system operating in conjunction with a production line apparatus configured to move objects along a production line comprising: receiving an image of an object to which a printed code comprising one or more printed characters should have been applied, the image having been captured when the object was located at a particular position on the production line; analysing the image to detect, based on a set of one or more character identification parameters, at least one candidate character within the image; determining, for each of the at least one candidate characters and based on a set of one or more candidate character properties, a likelihood that the candidate character is one of the printed characters of the printed code that should have been applied to the object; determining, based on the candidate characters determined as being likely to be one of the printed characters of the printed code that should have been applied to the object, whether the printed code is present and legible on the object; and outputting an indication as to whether the printed code that should have been applied to the object is present and legible on the object.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06V 20/52 - Activités de surveillance ou de suivi, p. ex. pour la reconnaissance d’objets suspects
• G06V 20/62 - Texte, p. ex. plaques d’immatriculation, textes superposés ou légendes des images de télévision
• G06V 20/66 - Colifichets, p. ex. boutons de chemise ou bijoux
• G06V 30/12 - Détection ou correction d’erreurs, p. ex. en effectuant une deuxième exploration du motif
• G06V 30/146 - Alignement ou centrage du capteur d’image ou du champ d’image
• G06V 30/148 - Découpage de zones de caractères
• G06V 30/244 - Division des suites de caractères en groupes avant la reconnaissanceSélection des dictionnaires utilisant des propriétés graphiques, p. ex. le type d’alphabet ou la police
• G06V 30/424 - Images postales, p. ex. étiquettes ou adresses sur les colis ou les enveloppes postales
• G06V 30/10 - Reconnaissance de caractères

Abrégé

A system includes a first unit configured to generate and apply radio frequency (RF) energy to a load positioned in the first unit during a first time period, wherein the load is at a first temperature at a start of the first time period and at a second temperature different from the first temperature at an end of the first time period; and a second unit configured to receive the load at the second temperature and to cause heat transfer by impingement to the load during a second time period different from the first time period, wherein the load is at a third temperature at an end of the second time period. A processing yield associated with the load is higher than if the load undergoes impingement processing to change from the first temperature to the third temperature.

Classes IPC  ?

• H05B 6/64 - Chauffage par micro-ondes
• H05B 6/78 - Dispositions pour le mouvement continu du matériau