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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Michael C Moed, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Robert T Tremblay, Grafton, MA (US);
Carl W Gerst, Iii, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Equitz, Waban, MA (US);
Michael C Moed, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Robert T Tremblay, Grafton, MA (US);
Carl W Gerst, III, Clifton Park, NY (US);
William Equitz, Waban, MA (US);
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for use with a camera that includes a field of view (FOV), the apparatus for indicating at least a first portion of a field of view for analysis and comprising a light source for generating a first light pattern that is directed onto an object surface within the FOV while the light source remains stationary with respect to the object, an adjuster for, while the first light pattern subtends a surface of the object and without moving the light source with respect to the object, modifying the first light pattern to generate a first deformed light pattern that is directed onto the object surface in the FOV and a manual input device for controlling the adjuster to indicate how the first light pattern is to be modified.