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Title:
MODULAR OPTICAL INSPECTION STATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/017575
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
One variation of an optical inspection kit includes: an enclosure defining an imaging volume; an optical sensor adjacent the imaging volume and defining a field of view directed toward the imaging volume; a nest module defining a receptacle configured to locate a surface of interest on a first unit of a first part within the imaging volume at an image plane of the optical sensor; a dark-field lighting module adjacent and perpendicular to the nest module and including a dark-field light source configured to output light across a light plane and a directional light filter configured to pass light output by the dark-field light source normal to the light plane and to reject light output by the dark-field light source substantially nonparallel to the light plane; and a bright-field light source proximal the optical sensor and configured to output light toward the surface of interest.

Inventors:
WEISS SAMUEL BRUCE (US)
SHEDLETSKY ANNA KATRINA (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2017/042609
Publication Date:
February 22, 2018
Filing Date:
July 18, 2017
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Assignee:
INSTR INC (US)
International Classes:
G01N21/00; G01N21/01; G01N21/88
Domestic Patent References:
WO2015080669A12015-06-04
Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MILLER, Peter (US)
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