bubble discrimination inspection apparatus and bubble discrimination inspection method

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an air bubble discrimination and examination apparatus and an air bubble discrimination and examination method, capable of discriminating air bubbles in a content liquid of an examination article from foreign substances or the like other than the air bubbles for examination, to prevent reduction in yield or productivity.;SOLUTION: An air bubble discrimination and examination apparatus comprises an air bubble discrimination and examination mechanism 100. The air bubble discrimination and examination mechanism 100 includes: floating means 10 which floats a foreign substance 65; an imaging section 21 which continuously images an examination article 60; and an image examination section 23. The image examination section 23 includes: examination image forming means 25; first discrimination means 261 which discriminates an air bubble region corresponding to air bubbles 64 from a candidate region of the foreign substance or the like in an examination region on the basis of whether or not the examination region specified in the examination image has a hollow shape; second discrimination means 262 which discriminates a region of the foreign substance or the like corresponding to a foreign substance or the like 67 from an air bubble region corresponding to the air bubbles 64 in the candidate region of the foreign substance or the like on the basis of inclination, flatness and opacity of the examination region; and determination means 28.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT