Means for identifying and recording bottles and/or bottle hampers

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Apparatus for identifying and recording bottles and/or bottle hampers utilizes a light source for illuminating a target being examined, such as, for example, a bottle hamper and/or the bottles therein. A camera momentarily examines the target. A conveyor transports the target past the camera and the light source. The image produced by the camera is transmitted to a data processing unit, after it has been transformed into digital signals for, identifying the target. A recording device records the target. The camera is a semiconductor matrix camera and the light source emits a lineal light bar and the camera and the light source are so disposed in relation to the conveyor that the light …