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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Marco Piva, Bologna, IT;
Maurizio Bianchi, Bologna, IT;
Marco Piva, Bologna, IT;
Maurizio Bianchi, Bologna, IT;
Datalogic S.p.A, , IT;
Abstract
The method for compensating undesired variations in an electrical signal generated by a sensor of an optical code reader comprises the steps of generating an envelope signal starting from the electrical signal generated by the sensor and normalizing the electrical signal with respect to the envelope signal. Preferably, the envelope signal is filtered with a low-pass filter before being normalized so as to eliminate steps and edges which may cause distortions during normalization, and the normalized signal is amplified in a controlled way so as to supply an output signal ranging between two values having preset amplitudes. Normalization is carried out by dividing, point by point, the electrical signal by the envelope signal, in the case of continuous analog processing; alternatively, in presence of discrete-time signals, normalization is carried out by subtracting the envelope signal from the electrical signal.