{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9661318","patent":{"patent_number":"US-9661318","title":"Method and apparatus for inspecting flat panel display","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2013-02-15T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2017-05-23T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N","G01N","G01N","G01N","G01N"],"num_claims":11,"abstract":"In a method and apparatus for optically inspecting an FPD in a reduced time, the apparatus for inspecting the flat panel display (FPD) comprises a lighting device separated from a top surface of an object and emitting light toward the top surface of the object, a photographing device separated from the top surface of the object and photographing an image using light emitted from the lighting device and then reflected by the top surface of the object, a controller controlling the lighting device and the photographing device to move in a plane separated from and parallel to the top surface of the object, and an image processor connected to the photographing device and processing the photographed image, wherein the image processor samples some of pixels included in the photographed image and converts the sampled pixels to binary form."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Method and apparatus for inspecting flat panel display","description":"In a method and apparatus for optically inspecting an FPD in a reduced time, the apparatus for inspecting the flat panel display (FPD) comprises a lighting device separated from a top surface of an ob","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9661318","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9661318","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Method and apparatus for inspecting flat panel display\" (US-9661318). https://patentable.app/patents/US-9661318","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-9661318","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-9661318","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-06-06T09:33:38.146Z"}