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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2015
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Laurens Nunnink, Simpleveld, NL;
Esther Oteo Lozano, Aachen, DE;
Richard Reuter, Wuerselen, DE;
Matthew D. Engle, Watertown, MA (US);
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a single-camera vision system, typically for use in logistics applications, that allows for adjustment of the camera viewing angle to accommodate a wide range of object heights and associated widths moving relative to an imaged scene with constant magnification. The camera assembly employs an image sensor that is more particularly suited to such applications, with an aspect (height-to-width) ratio of approximately 1:4 to 1:8. The camera assembly includes a distance sensor to determine the distance to the top of each object. The camera assembly employs a zoom lens that can change at relatively high speed (e.g. <10 ms) to allow adjustment of the viewing angle from object to object as each one passes under the camera's field of view (FOV). Optics that allow the image to be resolved on the image sensor within the desired range of viewing angles are provided in the camera lens assembly.