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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2006
Sateesha Nadabar, Framingham, MA (US);
Venkat K. Gopalakrishnan, Arlington, MA (US);
Sateesha Nadabar, Framingham, MA (US);
Venkat K. Gopalakrishnan, Arlington, MA (US);
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for calibrating a mark quality verifier assembly wherein the assembly includes a camera including a camera field of view (FOV) and a processor for running software programs that are stored in a memory that is accessible to the processor, the method comprising the steps of providing a calibration program in the memory that is accessible by the processor, providing a calibration code on a surface of a calibration tool wherein the calibration code includes calibration information, positioning the calibration tool adjacent the camera so that the calibration code is within the FOV, obtaining at least one image of the calibration code via the camera, using information in the calibration code to determine that a verifier calibration process should be performed and commencing the calibration program when the calibration code indicates that a calibration process should be performed.