US 12,169,177 B2
Container visual inspection assembly and method
Graham F. Milne, Ventura, CA (US); and Dmitry Fradkin, Woodland Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/786,742
Filed by AMGEN INC., Thousand Oaks, CA (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/065465
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127082, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/949,119, filed on Dec. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0027008 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/90 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 21/8803 (2013.01) [G01N 21/8806 (2013.01); G01N 21/9009 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8848 (2013.01); G02B 5/3025 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for inspection of a container having liquid product therein, the method comprising:
orienting the container in an upright configuration with a bottom wall of the container extending in a generally horizontal plane;
disposing a line-of-sight diversion member below the container such that the bottom wall of the container is visible therethrough when viewed from a forward position in front of the container; and
shifting the container and the line-of-sight diversion member laterally within an inspection booth to sequentially align the container and the line-of sight diversion member with white and black top surface portions of the inspection booth.