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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Christoph Anselment, Waldkirch, DE;
Ralf Ulrich Nübling, Denzlingen, DE;
Christoph Anselment, Waldkirch, DE;
Ralf Ulrich Nübling, Denzlingen, DE;
Sick AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Abstract
A camera-based code reader () has an image sensor comprising a line-shaped reading area () for capturing an image line, an illumination unit () for illuminating the reading area (), an evaluation unit () configured to compose an image from successively captured image lines, and a decoding unit () for locating and decoding code information in the image. The code reader () further comprises an elongated base body () with a plurality of individual image sensors () mounted thereon, each of the individual image sensors () comprising a line-shaped individual reading area (-), and the individual image sensors () together forming the image sensor by being oriented and arranged relative to one another so that the individual reading areas (-) overlap to form the line-shaped reading area ().