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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 24, 1977
Takeshi Uno, Sayama, JP;
Sadahiro Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Yasue, Hachioji, JP;
Masakazu Ejiri, Tokorozawa, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A recognition device for recognizing the shape and the position of an object includes means for applying a bundle of parallel light beams having a specific cross-section to a space containing the object, means for transducing the light informations from the space into image signals, means for extracting from said image signals a specific pattern corresponding to the portion to which the bundle of light beams is applied and means for determining the position of the pattern on the image surface, whereby the existence, shape and the position of the object are recognized from the information on the image surface.