ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,140, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).
"Image acquisition apparatus and defect detection system of electrode plate" was invented by Yucong Xue (Fujian, China), Zhipeng Chen (Fujian, China) and Chao Chen (Fujian, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image acquisition apparatus includes a camera, a first light source, a second light source, and a lens. The first light source is configured to emit first light toward one electrode plate so as to illuminate a local portion of the electrode plate, and the first light source emits the first light at an angle such that the fir...