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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
Microtec S.r.l., Bressanone, IT;
Federico Giudiceandrea, Bressanone, IT;
Mauro Cossi, Martellago, IT;
Marco Boschetti, Levico Terme, IT;
MICROTEC S.R.L., Bressanone, IT;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for capturing an image of a lateral face of a wooden board, where the lateral face () is parallel to a main axis of development of the wooden board (), with the method comprising a step for feeding the wooden board () with the lateral face () transverse to a feeding direction (), a step for illuminating the lateral face (), a step for capturing, using a plurality of area scan cameras (), a plurality of first digital images at different times, where each first digital image comprises a portion () of the lateral face () extending for an entire height of the lateral face () transverse to the main axis of development and for part of a length of the lateral face () along the main axis of development, where the set of all such portions () corresponds to the entire lateral face (), and a merging step for merging the first digital images using an electronic processing unit to obtain a second digital image showing the entire lateral face ().