9 OPTICAL, ELECTRONIC, OPTO-ELECTRONIC, PHOTO-ELECTRONIC AND ACOUSTO-ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF REAL AND WEB-LIKE MATERIALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHECKING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH MATERIALS OR THE PURPOSE OF FAULT-RECOGNITION, FOR THE RECOGNITION OF COLOR, SHAPE, POSITION, TEXTURE OR SURFACE NATURE OF ARTICLES WITH METHODS OF IMAGE PROCESSING FOR THE PURPOSE OF IDENTIFICATION, QUALITY CONTROL, POSITIONING, HANDLING AND CONTROL, FOR AUTOMATION IN THE FIELDS OF MANUFACTURE, QUALITY CONTROL, STORAGE, FLOW OF GOODS, SALES, TRANSPORT, LABORATORY, TRAFFIC, PLANTS, INSTALLATIONS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS; OPTO-ELECTRIC APARATUS FOR THE SECURING AND MONITORING OF ROOMS, CHAMBERS, SPACES, POINTS OF DANGER AND DANGEROUS REGIONS; BARRIERS OPERATING ON AN ELECTRONIC BASIS AND IN THE FIELD OF INFRARED, VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, OR IN THE FIELD OF ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION, PROBES SCANNING APPARATUS (SCANNERS) WHICH OPERATE WITH A SCANNING BEAM FOR THE SCANNING OF SPECIFIC SURFACES AND/OR SPATIAL REGIONS, SPECTROMETERS AND SENSORS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR THE MEASUREMENT, CONTROL AND REGULATION OF OPTO-ELECTRONIC AND ACOUSTO-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND FOR THE CONTROL AND REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC EMISSION MEASUREMENT, PROCESS ANALYSIS, PROCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION APPARATUS; ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES