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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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonard P Crezee, Snelrewaard, NL;
Assignee:
Aweta B.V., Nootdorp, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503417 ; 2503418 ; 355386 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for measuring form parameters of items (2) utilizing a camera (10) which is sensitive to infrared light, and, while passing the items through a field of view (11) of the camera (10), the items are illuminated with light flashes of approximately 1 ms by solid state LEDs (41), which are arranged at the centerline of the items (2) and produce a light beam (43) which includes an angle of approximately 45.degree. with the direction of conveyance of the items (2).