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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2004
Gunnar Jespersen, Aberdeen, GB;
Gunnar Jespersen, Aberdeen, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A sensing arrangement () for sensing objects at a plurality of sensing sites () is described herein. In one embodiment the arrangement comprises: an imaging device () having an array of light-detecting elements; a light guide arrangement () extending from the sensing sites () to the imaging device (); a mount () for maintaining the light guide arrangement () and the imaging device () in a fixed spatial relation so that each sensing site () illuminates a zone () of different elements on the array; and a processor (), in communication with the imaging device (), for analyzing image data captured by each zone. A method of sensing an object is also described herein.