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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Ka Man AU, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Weizhen Yan, Clementon, NJ (US);
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Taylor Smith, Haddon Township, NJ (US);
Michael V. Miraglia, Hamilton, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Sudhin Mandal, Ardmore, PA (US);
Shawn DE Foney, Haddon Heights, NJ (US);
Christopher Allen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
David M. Wilz, Sr., Sewell, NJ (US);
Anatoly Kotlarsky, Churchville, PA (US);
Xiaoxun Zhu, Marlton, NJ (US);
Michael Veksland, Marlton, NJ (US);
Ka Man Au, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Patrick Giordano, Blackwood, NJ (US);
Weizhen Yan, Clementon, NJ (US);
Jie Ren, Suzhou, CN;
Taylor Smith, Haddon Township, NJ (US);
Michael V. Miraglia, Hamilton, NJ (US);
C. Harry Knowles, Hanover, NH (US);
Sudhin Mandal, Ardmore, PA (US);
Shawn De Foney, Haddon Heights, NJ (US);
Christopher Allen, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
David M. Wilz, Sr., Sewell, NJ (US);
Metrologic Instruments, Inc., Blackwood, NJ (US);
Abstract
A digital image capture and processing system capable of illuminating the entire field of view (FOV) of the system using a linear LED-based illumination array. The system includes a housing having an imaging window with a refractive-type illumination-focusing lens component integrated therewithin. The area-type image formation and detection subsystem, also disposed in the housing, has image formation optics for projecting a field of view (FOV) through the imaging window and onto an area-type image detection array, for forming and detecting 2D digital images of an object in the FOV, during object illumination and imaging operations. The linear LED-based illumination array is disposed immediately behind the refractive-type illumination-focusing lens component, for producing a field of wide-area illumination illuminating substantially the entire FOV over the working distance of the system. During object illumination and imaging operations, the illumination reflects off an object within the FOV and is transmitted back through the imaging window and onto the area-type image detection array to form one or more 2D digital images of the object.