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Then we applied additional verification and logic to the OCR to heighten the likelihood that the item being read was the intended target and not some other numerical or text-based value.” He adds, “We applied an AI detector algorithm to identify the location of textual and numerical data on packages to facilitate OCR’s ability to make a good reading. The logic step Neurala applied adds even more intelligence to make sure the system reads the right data. When trained with Neurala’s software, the resultant AI model can now present the OCR with just the area of interest and, because the OCR is more ‘focused,’ it can do a better job reading the data. “Neurala trained the AI model using images of packages with the associated objects of interest labeled,” says Walsh. In addition, it also validates that the item presented is a date, as opposed to another numerical value (e.g., SKU). VIA’s role in this process is identifying the location of expiration dates on packages to provide a clearer image to present to the OCR technology. It allows for seamless integration on the factory floor: collecting images from GigE Vision cameras and providing outputs over an industrial network (currently supporting Modbus TCP communication) directly to the PLC controlling the applicable machine.

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Neurala VIA consists of two software programs, Inspector and Brain Builder, which can be installed on any computer with a CPU (Intel 6th Generation or later). If a carton fails inspection, this triggers a Q series PLC from Mitsubishi Electric (Cypress, CA, USA to shunt the carton to a reject line. The image data is passed via GigE interface from the camera to a any PCs with GPUs, such as GTX1000, 2000, RTX3000 series provided by NVIDIA (Santa Clara, CA, USA that runs the Neurala AI software. The photoelectric sensor, barcode reader, camera, and lights are all placed next to the line. Next, a BFS-PGE-50S5C-C color camera from Teledyne FLIR (Richmond, BC, Canada the expiration date printed on the side of the cartons. An SR-2000 barcode reader from Keyence (Itasca, IL, USA identifies the carton’s contents. At the inspection station, the carton passes a photoelectric sensor from Omron (Hoffman Estates, IL, USA ) that triggers the beginning of the inspection process.

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IHI proposed full automation with robots, but the customer chose to leave this part of the process manual.

Workers manually place cartons on a roller conveyor at the distribution center’s point of entry. Neurala’s VIA software is for the inspection process the whole control system (software) is by IHI.

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The system includes a camera and lights to the detect the expiration dates, a barcode reader and photoelectric sensors to identify the items, a PC to detect the expiration dates, and a PLC to evaluate the result of the expiration date inspection and control the total system. “By increasing the read rates, the solution increases automation and maximizes productivity for the manufacturer.” This solution reduced both the error rates and the number of employees required for the task.

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“Previously, using handheld or OCR terminal scans, there was a significant number of misreads by the OCR technology, which resulted in the need for manual intervention and data entry, which increases manufacturers’ costs and reduces profitability,” says Stephen Walsh, vice president of sales, Neurala. The system IHI provided employs OCR and AI through Neurala’s VIA software. Initially, it investigated handheld scanners that employed OCR, but the customer also wanted to reduce the staffing necessary to complete the inspections and using handheld scanners did not accomplish that. The wholesaler looked to OCR to help reduce the number of errors.

It took three hours for two people to receive and check 200 cartons. Until it installed the IHI solution, the process required personnel to be stationed at a distribution center’s point of entry to manually scan the expiration dates with handheld scanners. The customer sought to reduce the staffing required to scan expiration dates on the side of cartons. Specifically, the expiration date recognition system combines Neurala’s (Boston, MA, USA Vision Inspection Automation (VIA) software and an IHI Logistics and Machinery (Tokyo, Japan designed automation solution. The customer’s solution included a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and optical character recognition (OCR) technologies. It also reduced the number of errors recorded and increased the number of cartons that could be processed. Doing so would reduce the staffing required on the line as cartons arrived, allowing employees to be reallocated to other areas of the distribution centers. A Japan-based foods and daily necessaries wholesaler wanted to automate the process for scanning expiration dates on cartons arriving at distribution centers.

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