Datalogic Corporation

Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa

Datalogic IP Tech S.r.l.

Paolo Marchi

Marco Piva

Andrea Sallioni

Piercarlo Contoli

An apparatus for orienting objects in a preset direction, in particular objects that have a cavity having an opening at one of the ends of the objects, comprises a conveying device for the objects comprising a conveying surface tilted by an angle with respect to a horizontal plane, on the conveying surface there are arranged hooking elements that are suitable for interacting with the cavities, the conveying surface being movable in an advancing direction oriented from a lower end of the conveying device to an upper end of the conveying device. A method for orienting objects in a preset direction, in particular objects that have a cavity having an opening at one of the ends of the objects, comprises the following steps:

Apparatus and method for orienting objects

An apparatus comprises a conveying element arranged for conveying objects, an advancing promoting arrangement for promoting a movement of the objects along the conveying element, the advancing promoting arrangement comprising a bristle arrangement arranged along the conveying element and suitable for interacting with the objects; an apparatus for conveying objects comprises a conveying plane element arranged for supporting the objects and a blowing arrangement arranged for advancing the objects in an advance direction, the conveying plane element being selected from a group comprising a rolling arrangement, a fluid cushion arrangement.

Air conveyor

A method and device ( ) are proposed for accurately measuring in a reliable manner the distance of an object ( ). The method comprises the steps of emitting a signal (such as a laser light beam), directing the signal to an object ( ), detecting the signal diffused by the object ( ), and comparing the detected signal with the emitted signal to obtain a comparison signal representing the distances travelled by the emitted signal and the signal diffused by the object ( ) (for example, by sending modulated laser light and then measuring the phase difference between the emitted and received signals). The method of the invention is characterized by a step of setting the measuring device in order to define a reference operational configuration within the device. The setting is performed by means of a feedback circuit effective to calibrate at least one operational parameter of the device such that, upon illuminating a reference target ( ) which is placed at a known distance a predetermined value of the electric signal generated by the detecting means ( ) is obtained.

Method and a device for measuring the distance of an object

There are described a method and a device for focusing an analogue electrical signal representative of an optical code, which selectively emphasize the highest frequencies of the electrical signal. The emphasis is performed with linear phase, so that the relative positions of the peaks and valleys of the focused analogue electrical signal substantially remain unchanged. The focusing can comprise low-pass, high-pass and band-pass filtering. The focusing can be variable, and in particular, automatically variable.

Method and device for focusing an electrical signal representative of an optical code

A laser bar code scanner is disclosed using a pulse laser and phase detector for returned light to determine the distance of a bar code. Also, disclosed the use of several lasers having different focal distances with the determined distance being used to select appropriate laser to increase the working distance of the scanner.

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Paolo Marchi