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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2003
Jakob Blattner, Ermatingen, CH;
Rodolfo Federici, Berg, CH;
Harald Richter, Constance, DE;
Brooks Automation, Inc., Chelmsford, MA (US);
Abstract
A device for reading and identifying a plate, with a camera means () with an optical device ()) for digital image recording and an image processing device for the analysis of the image recorded by the camera means (). In one embodiment, identification codes can be imaged from both sides of the plate ()* by a mirror means () onto the optical device () of the camera. The device is designed in such a way that each plate () can be recorded with two camera images, wherein a camera image is produced through the arrangement of several mirrors () of the mirror means () in such a way that one image half represents the right edge and the other image half represents the left edge of the plate () over a predetermined length.