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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. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2003
Eric Auboussier, Saint Jean de Braye, FR;
Benoît Berthe, La Chapelle Saint Mesmin, FR;
Thomas Fumey, Orleans, FR;
Eric Auboussier, Saint Jean de Braye, FR;
Benoît Berthe, La Chapelle Saint Mesmin, FR;
Thomas Fumey, Orleans, FR;
Datacard Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a device for counting thin products () that can be stacked side-by-side in a tray (), characterized in that it comprises at least one counting station comprised of at least one CIS module (), whose overall length is at least equal to the length of the tray () and means for performing multiple scans in a direction transverse to the tray (), each CIS module () comprising at least means for longitudinally illuminating the products () and at least one CIS circuit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive elements connected to at least one printed circuit, the counting device also comprises means for detecting the positioning of the tray (), means for moving the tray in a direction perpendicular to the light beam, means for storing the signals representative of the data of the light beam reflected by the products (), and means for processing said data for determining the number of products.