Using optical sensor array, a precision motion control system in a conveyer follows the irregular shaped leather sheet
to measure its surface area. In operation, irregular shaped leather sheet passes on conveyer belt and optical sensor array
detects the leather sheet edge. In this way outside curvature of the leather sheet is detected and is then feed to the
controller to measure its approximate area. Such system can measure irregular shapes, by neglecting rounded corners,
ellipses etc.
To minimize the error in calculating surface area of irregular curve to the above mentioned system, the motion
control system only requires the footprint of the optical sensor to be small and the distance between the sensors is to be
minimized.
In the proposed technique surface area measurement of irregular shaped leather sheet is done by defining velocity
and detecting position of the move. The motion controller takes the information and creates the necessary edge profile on
point-to-point bases. As a result irregular shape of leather sheet is mapped and is then feed to the controller to calculate
surface area.
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