US 12,292,392 B2
X-ray inspection apparatus and article handling system
Kazuyuki Sugimoto, Ritto (JP); Momoko Fujioka, Ritto (JP); and Yoshiaki Sakagami, Ritto (JP)
Assigned to ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by ISHIDA CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/174,622.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-035330 (JP), filed on Mar. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0288347 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 23/04 (2018.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); G01N 23/083 (2018.01)
CPC G01N 23/04 (2013.01) [B65G 43/08 (2013.01); G01N 23/083 (2013.01); G01N 2223/643 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An X-ray inspection apparatus comprising:
a conveyance unit configured to convey articles, each of which being a bulk product that does not have a certain size, shape or thickness;
an X-ray irradiation unit configured to irradiate the articles conveyed by the conveyance unit with X-rays;
an X-ray detection unit configured to detect X-rays transmitted through the articles;
an image generation unit configured to generate an X-ray transmission image based on a detection result by the X-ray detection unit; and
a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on the X-ray transmission image, a total amount of articles conveyed per predetermined time by the conveyance unit.