DISTORTION INSPECTION APPARATUS OF A GLASS PLATE

摘要

In a distortion inspection apparatus of a glass plate, a light and dark contrast pattern is sensed by an image sensor through a glass plate. The number of bits corresponding to a light or dark portion is detected from bipolar image data which are divided into a plurality of bits along each of parallel scanning lines assumed upon a surface of the glass plate. Then, a distortion state of the surface of the glass plate is discriminated in accordance with the differences among the thus detected number of bits and a reference value thereof. In such an arrangement, quantitative distortion discrimination can be performed.