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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:
May. 27, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence E Schmutz, Watertown, MA (US);
Jeffrey Yorsz, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
Adaptive Optics Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235462 ; 385120 ; 235473 ;
Abstract
A machine vision system images bar code labels moving through a horizontal plane at variable object distances within the system's object depth of field Z .sub.obj with a plurality of sequential line images, each with different object lengths which gradate Z .sub.obj into plural focused object planes, and the object plane within which the bar code label lies provides a focused optical image of the bar code to a multilinear photodetector which transduces the focused optical image into a corresponding electrical signal for further processing.