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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2023
Applicant:

Certified Guaranty Company, Llc, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan D. Beckmann, Sarasota, FL (US);

Max T. Hall, Bradenton, FL (US);

Edwin J. Sarver, Cookeville, TN (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/203 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); G03B 15/03 (2021.01); G03B 15/06 (2021.01); G03B 15/12 (2021.01); G03B 27/54 (2006.01); G03B 27/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/2034 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B65G 47/914 (2013.01); G03B 15/03 (2013.01); G03B 15/06 (2013.01); G03B 15/12 (2013.01); G03B 27/54 (2013.01); G03B 27/6264 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01); B65G 2203/041 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging system is configured to capture images of both obverse and reverse sides of a collectible item using a single image captured by a single camera. The reflective faces of two flat mirrors are positioned at a 90-degree angle, and a collectible item is positioned and secured between the mirrors such that parallel faces of the item or its case are oriented at a 45-degree angle between the flat mirrors. A camera is mounted to face the mirrors with its perspective being parallel to the faces of the item, looking into the mirrors. The camera can see mirrored reflections of both faces of the item simultaneously from a single perspective and can capture views of both faces in a single camera image. The single image can then be cropped and reverse-mirrored automatically or manually in software to extract images of the obverse and reverse sides of the item.


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