US 12,434,444 B2
Method for assessing a sealing of a carton package and an apparatus thereof
Onofrio Pirrotta, Modena (IT)
Assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully (CH)
Appl. No. 18/863,465
Filed by Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully (CH)
PCT Filed Jun. 19, 2023, PCT No. PCT/EP2023/066427
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 6, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2024/008425, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 11, 2024.
Claims priority of application No. 22182754 (EP), filed on Jul. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0256467 A1, Aug. 14, 2025
Int. Cl. B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/82 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 65/8253 (2013.01) [B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 66/4312 (2013.01); B29C 66/849 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assessing a sealing of a carton package arranged to hold a food product, wherein the sealing is produced by using ultrasonic sealing technology, said method comprising
capturing an image data set depicting the sealing, wherein the image data set comprises a first data sub-set associated with a first color channel and a second data sub-set associated with a second color channel,
identifying an adherence section by using the first data sub-set, and
identifying a non-adherence section by using the second data sub-set.