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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Yigal Katzir, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Avraham Adler, Nof Ayalon, IL;
Itay Gur-arie, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Orbotech Ltd., Yavne, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N021/88 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A scanner system acquires images of articles using a sensor acquiring an image of a portion of an article and defining a field of view, a displacer operative to provide mutual relative displacement between the article and the sensor at a generally uniform rate of displacement, and a field of view freezer operative to provide a generally motionless image during image acquisition. The scanner system is particularly useful in the field of automated optical inspection.