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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Beckhoff Automation Gmbh, Verl, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Beckhoff Automation GmbH, Verl, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06N 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1443 (2013.01); G06K 7/1417 (2013.01); G06K 7/1456 (2013.01); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting optical codes comprises an input image being provided. Optical codes in the input image are detected by generating an output image on the basis of the input image. Within generating the output image, pixels of an area of the input image comprising a part of an optical code are assigned a first intensity in the output image. Within generating the output image, pixels of an area of the input image e.g. comprising no part of an optical code are assigned a second intensity in the output image. Regions of the output image with the first intensity are provided for determining properties of the detected optical codes.