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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2004
Gil Abramovich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zachary Warlick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yoram Koren, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Gil Abramovich, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Zachary Warlick, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yoram Koren, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable illumination system for illuminating an object, and associated method. The illumination system comprises a cylindrical diffuser having a longitudinal aperture, a linescan camera positioned for having a direct line of sight to the object through the aperture of the diffuser, a base, and an illuminator supported on the base and positioned between the diffuser and the object, wherein the illuminator is selectively reconfigurable in a plurality of configurations, each configuration corresponding to a manufacturing process that requires visual inspection of the object.