US 12,152,995 B2
Die inspection method and apparatus
Wesley Elton Scott, Kitchener (CA); Darryl Neil Poworoznyk, Kitchener (CA); Mandeep Singh Bhatia, In (CA); Petr Piro, Kitchener (CA); Paul Sajecki, Kitchener (CA); Eliel Paul Amora, Kitchener (CA); Trevor Sean Barnwell, Kitchener (CA); and Sebastian Mocny, Kitchener (CA)
Assigned to ONTARIO DIE INTERNATIONAL INC., (CA)
Filed by Ontario Die International Inc., Kitchener (CA)
Filed on May 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/737,358.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,458, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0357281 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 21/8806 (2013.01) [G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 21/95 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A die inspection system, comprising:
a work surface to receive an entire cutting die thereon for inspection, the cutting die having a cutting edge;
a housing supporting the work surface;
an image capture system supported by the housing and arranged to capture at least one image of the entire cutting edge of the cutting die on the work surface;
an illumination source supported by the housing and arranged to illuminate the cutting die at an oblique angle while the image capture system captures the at least one image;
at least one data storage device storing a set of cutting edge specifications;
at least one processor communicative coupled to the image capture system, communicatively coupled to the at least one data storage device, and operable to:
receive the at least one image,
retrieve the set of cutting edge specifications,
identify the entire cutting edge as shown in the at least one image,
comparing the cutting edge as shown in the at least one image to the set of cutting edge specifications, and
generate an inspection report indicative of whether the entire cutting edge as shown in the at least one image is within a tolerance of the set of cutting edge specifications.