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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2020
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06N 3/04 (2006.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1478 (2013.01); G06K 7/1447 (2013.01); G06N 3/04 (2013.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 30/10 (2022.01);
Abstract
A code reader for reading an optical code is provided that has a linear image sensor having a plurality of linear arrangements of light reception pixels for recording image data having the code and a control and evaluation unit that is configured to locate and read the code in the image data, wherein the light reception pixels have a different spectral sensitivity. Here, at least one linear arrangement is a white line whose reception pixels are sensitive to white light for recording a gray scale image and the other linear arrangements are color lines whose reception pixels are sensitive to light of only one respective color for recording a color image.