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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.:

US 12652450 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2023

Camera illumination device with a common lens array for different illumination structures

Applicant:

Asmpt Gmbh & Co. KG, Munich, DE;

Inventors:

Julia Yuen, Munich, DE;

Karl-Heinz Besch, Olching, DE;

Matthias Hedrich, Wolfratschausen, DE;

Christian Schauer, Munich, DE;

Angelika Hofmann, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

ASMPT GmbH & Co. KG, , DE;

Attorney:

OSTROLENK FABER LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan R Messmore

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 27/12 (2006.01); G02B 27/30 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/56 (2023.01); G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 27/126 (2013.01); G02B 27/30 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/58 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a camera () for detecting objects (), the camera () comprising (a) an illumination device () for illuminating an object () which is located in an object plane () of the camera (); and (b) a camera sensor () for capturing an image of the object () illuminated by the illumination device (). The illumination device () has (a) a first illumination structure () with a plurality of first light sources () for illuminating the object () with a first illumination light () at a first illumination angle; (a) a second illumination structure () having a plurality of second light sources () for illuminating the object () with a second illumination light () at a second illumination angle that is different from the first illumination angle; and (a) an optical lens array () with a plurality of individual lenses () for collimating the first illumination light () and for collimating the second illumination light (). Each individual lens () is assigned at least a first light source () and each individual lens () is assigned at least two second light sources (). The invention further relates to a camera system () with two such cameras () and an automated placement machine having at least one such camera ().

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