Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heatable glazing inspection
- Patent Title (中): 加热玻璃检查
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Application No.: US13391344Application Date: 2010-08-20
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Publication No.: US09125246B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Ingo Bartsch
- Applicant: Ingo Bartsch
- Applicant Address: DE Witten
- Assignee: PILKINGTON AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Current Assignee: PILKINGTON AUTOMOTIVE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Witten
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: GB0914651.5 20090821
- International Application: PCT/EP2010/062183 WO 20100820
- International Announcement: WO2011/026740 WO 20110310
- Main IPC: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; H05B3/84 ; G01N21/958 ; G01N21/88

Abstract:
A method of inspecting a heatable glazing is disclosed. A heatable glazing comprises a heater array having at least one heater wire. The method comprises the steps of (i) illuminating the heatable glazing with a light source to produce a shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing; (ii) passing a sufficiently high electrical current through the heater array such that the heater wire is observable in the shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing, such a shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing being referred to as an active shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing; and (iii) capturing the active shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing with an imaging sensor. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120147178A1 HEATABLE GLAZING INSPECTION Public/Granted day:2012-06-14
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