Tire appearance inspection apparatus and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9677879
APP PUB NO 20110288814A1
SERIAL NO

13114698

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A tire appearance inspection apparatus and method employing image processing is capable of performing tire appearance inspection with great accuracy. The tire appearance inspection apparatus includes a sectional shape acquiring device for acquiring cross-sectional shapes of a tire in the radial direction along the circumference of the tire, an arc fitting device for fitting an arc to each of the cross-sectional shapes, an arc center position calculating device for calculating the center positions of the arcs, and a sectional shape aligning device for aligning the cross-sectional shapes using the center positions of the arcs for the cross-sectional shapes.

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KABUSHIKI KAISHA BRIDGESTONE10-1 KYOBASHI 1-CHOME CHUO-KU TOKYO 104-8340

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kaneko, Tomoyuki Kodaira, JP 28 508
Mizutani, Akinobu Kodaira, JP 6 60

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