Transparent-Container Inspection With Movement-Locus Evidence
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing inspection systems for foreign matter in liquids encapsulated in transparent containers fail to store the grounds for determination, making it difficult to confirm the basis for the inspection results at any point in time.
Innovation Solution
An inspection system that includes suspended matter detection and tracking, determination based on movement locus, and storage of inspection results with associated information for display, allowing easy confirmation of determination grounds.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If inspection result information including determination grounds is stored and displayed, then transparency and reliability of inspection results are improved, but device complexity and information storage requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The inspection system stores determination ground information (such as movement locus data) together with inspection results in advance, before any potential need for verification arises. This preliminary storage action ensures that when results need to be confirmed later, the basis for determination is already available, thereby improving transparency and reliability without requiring complex real-time retrieval systems.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a copy of the determination ground information (movement locus) and stores it alongside the inspection result. This copying approach allows the original inspection data to be preserved while providing a separate record that can be displayed for verification purposes, enhancing reliability without significantly increasing overall system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If movement locus information is stored and displayed for each inspected container, then ease of confirmation of determination grounds is improved, but information storage requirements and processing time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential determination ground information (movement locus data) from the complete inspection dataset and stores specifically this extracted portion alongside the inspection result. By taking out only the necessary verification information rather than storing all raw data, the system improves ease of confirmation while controlling information storage requirements.
3Measurement precision
If chronological imaging and tracking of suspended matter is performed, then measurement precision of foreign matter detection is improved, but productivity and inspection time decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs chronological imaging and tracking only for portions of the liquid or for limited time periods sufficient to capture the movement characteristics needed for differentiation. By applying partial action rather than complete exhaustive imaging, the system achieves adequate measurement precision for distinguishing foreign matter from air bubbles while maintaining productivity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables easy confirmation of determination grounds at any time by storing and displaying the basis for inspection results, ensuring transparency and reliability.
Implementation Method 1
an inspection system that inspects whether foreign matter is present in a liquid encapsulated in a transparent or translucent container
Data Source
AI summary
An inspection system includes: a suspended matter detecting and tracking means that detects and tracks suspended matter present in the liquid in the container in chronological images obtained by consecutively imaging the liquid with a camera; a determining and storage controlling means that determines, based on a movement locus of the tracked suspended matter, whether the suspended matter is foreign matter or an air bubble, and stores inspection result information including a result of the determination and information of the movement locus of the suspended matter used as a basis for the determination into a storing means in association with identification information of the container; and a display controlling means that causes a displaying means to display the result of the determination and the information of the movement locus of the suspended matter used as the basis for the determination included by the inspection result information.