Method and arrangement for detecting free fibre ends in paper

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9816977
APP PUB NO 20160084819A1
SERIAL NO

14888989

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The invention relates to a method and arrangement for detecting free fiber ends in a paper surface. The method comprises illuminating a target sample (6) surface, which comprises free fiber ends, from at least two directions one at the time, with at least one light source (1). Original reflectance images are obtained for the target sample (6) surface with an imaging device (4), and a surface normal is estimated for each image pixel of the original reflectance image. Thus it is possible to reconstruct a reconstructed reflectance image from the estimated surface normals, and to compare the reconstructed reflectance image and the corresponding original reflectance image and to construct a difference image, where the differences represent shadow objects of the free fiber ends in a paper surface.

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  • KEMIRA OYJ

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Campbell, Clayton Easton, US 10 5
Makinen, Mikko Espoo, FI 20 103
Raunio, Jukka-Pekka Tampere, FI 3 7
Skoog, Henry Roswell, US 26 1230

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