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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2019
Applicant:
Ifm Electronic Gmbh, Tettnang, DE;
Inventors:
Ville Olbrich, Ravensburg, DE;
Klaus Kohlmann, Ravensburg, DE;
Christian Prestele, Tettnang, DE;
Ralph Wilks, Wangen, DE;
Andreas Gebhard, Tettnang, DE;
Assignee:
IFM ELECTRONIC GMBH, Tettnang, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23218 (2018.08); G06K 9/32 (2013.01); H04N 5/142 (2013.01); H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); H04N 5/232125 (2018.08);
Abstract
A method for operating a camera system for detecting codings, in which positions of contour points of the codings are determined in relation to edges of a search zone of the camera system, wherein a reading reliability of the search zone is determined from a distance of the contour points from the edges of the search zone.