Film inspection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10197503-B2
Application number	US-201715698862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	Oct 6, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A film inspection device is equipped with a first fixed roll, a second fixed roll, a first moving roll, and a second moving roll. The first and second fixed rolls stretch an electrolyte film, which includes a part that is irradiated with light between first and second driving rolls, from one surface side thereof. The first moving roll stretches the electrolyte film from the other surface side thereof. The second moving roll stretches the electrolyte film from the other surface side thereof. The second moving roll is moved such that a conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the second driving roll and the second fixed roll becomes short, while the first moving roll is moved such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the first driving roll and the first fixed roll becomes long.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A film inspection device comprising:
a first driving roll that stretches an electrolyte film as an object for inspection from one surface side of the electrolyte film;
a second driving roll that stretches the electrolyte film as the object for inspection from the one surface side of the electrolyte film;
a light source that irradiates a part of the electrolyte film located between the first driving roll and the second driving roll with light;
a camera that is arranged facing the light source across the electrolyte film and that photographs light leaking from the electrolyte film;
a first fixed roll that stretches the electrolyte film from the one surface side of the electrolyte film between the part of the electrolyte film irradiated with light and the first driving roll;
a second fixed roll that stretches the electrolyte film from the one surface side of the electrolyte film between the part of the electrolyte film irradiated with light and the second driving roll;
a first moving roll that stretches the electrolyte film from the other surface side of the electrolyte film between the first driving roll and the first fixed roll and that is movably configured; and
a second moving roll that stretches the electrolyte film from the other surface side of the electrolyte film between the second driving roll and the second fixed roll and that is movably configured, wherein
the second moving roll is moved such that a conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the second driving roll and the second fixed roll becomes short, while the first moving roll is moved such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the first driving roll and the first fixed roll becomes long with the first driving roll and the second driving roll stopped, in a case where a region of the electrolyte film located between the first fixed roll and the second fixed roll is moved in a backward direction, which is an opposite of a forward direction from the first driving roll toward the second driving roll, in a processing of acquiring image data as a reference for determining a correction value of a shading correction, and
the electrolyte film is inspected while being conveyed in the forward direction.

2. The film inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the image data as the reference for determining the correction value of the shading correction are acquired when the region of the electrolyte film located between the first fixed roll and the second fixed roll is moved in the backward direction by moving the second moving roll such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the second driving roll and the second fixed roll becomes short, while moving the first moving roll such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the first driving roll and the first fixed roll becomes long, with the first driving roll and the second driving roll stopped, in the processing.

3. The film inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein
the image data as the reference for determining the correction value of the shading correction are acquired when the region of the electrolyte film located between the first fixed roll and the second fixed roll is moved in the forward direction, in the processing, and
the region of the electrolyte film located between the first fixed roll and the second fixed roll is moved in the backward direction by moving the second moving roll such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the second driving roll and the second fixed roll becomes short, while moving the first moving roll such that the conveyance path of the electrolyte film between the first driving roll and the first fixed roll becomes long, with the first driving roll and the second driving roll stopped, after the image data are acquired.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kitoh Hiroki

Classifications

• G01N21/8914 Primary

  characterised by the material examined · CPC title

• B65H20/02

  by friction roller · CPC title

• G01N21/896

  Optical defects in or on transparent materials, e.g. distortion, surface flaws {in conveyed flat sheet or rod (for other objects G01N21/958)} · CPC title

• B65H2801/72

  Fuel cell manufacture · CPC title

• B65H2553/412

  in barrier arrangements, i.e. emitter facing a receptor element · CPC title