Opto has obtained patents related to appearance inspection devices. The appearance inspection device does not require a grid plate to form striped light spots.

April 3 News: Information from the National Intellectual Property Administration shows that Guangdong Autop Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. has applied for a patent titled “An Appearance Inspection Device.” The authorization announcement number is CN224067120U, and the authorization announcement date is March 31, 2026. The application number is CN202520760682.X. The application publication date is March 31, 2026. The application date is April 21, 2025. The inventors are Zhong Chao, Hu Wei, and Ye Guanpeng. The patent agency is Beijing Xinhaolende Patent Agency (General Partnership). The patent agent is Yang Qingqing. The classification numbers are G03B15/02, G01N21/88, G01N21/01, F21V8/00, F21V13/04, and F21Y115/10.

The patent abstract indicates that this utility model relates to the field of visual inspection technology and discloses an appearance inspection device, including a first plane coaxial light source; the first plane coaxial light source includes a light guide plate and a lamp board arranged around the outer periphery of the light guide plate; a light reflection layer is provided on the rear-side surface of the light guide plate, and a stripe pattern is printed on the front-side surface opposite the rear-side surface. The stripe pattern includes multiple light-impermeable strip-shaped stripes arranged in parallel at intervals; the light reflection layer is composed of multiple arcuate convex dots. The arcuate convex dots are used to reflect the light emitted by the lamp board into the light guide plate, and cause the light to be emitted from the front-side surface of the light guide plate. With this utility model’s appearance inspection device, stripe light spots can be formed on the surface of a workpiece without the need to set up a stripe grid board.

Autop was founded on March 24, 2006, and was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on December 31, 2020. The registered and office address is in Dongguan City, Guangdong Province. The company is a leading enterprise in China’s machine vision industry. It focuses on core machine-vision software and hardware products, has deep technological barriers, and its investment value is prominent.

Autop mainly engages in research and development, production, and sales of core machine vision software and hardware products. The industry it belongs to under Shenwan is Machinery Equipment - Automation Equipment - Other Automation Equipment. It involves concept sectors such as Kechuang Board market makers, neural networks, and machine vision.

In 2025, Autop’s operating revenue was 1.269 billion yuan, ranking 2/5 in the industry, higher than the industry average of 996 million yuan and the median of 950 million yuan. The top company, Beizhi Technology, was 2.106 billion yuan. In its principal business, machine vision revenue was 960 million yuan, accounting for 75.66%; machine vision accessories were 173 million yuan, accounting for 13.66%; motion control products were 135 million yuan, accounting for 10.64%; other (supplementary) was 615,400 yuan, accounting for 0.05%. Regarding net profit, in 2025 Autop achieved 192 million yuan, ranking 1/5 in the industry, higher than the industry average of 26.9336 million yuan and the median of 112 million yuan. The second-place company, Beizhi Technology, was 172 million yuan.

Autop Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. (Guangdong)‘s recent patent situation is as follows:

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