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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2007
Klaus Anderle, Darmstadt, DE;
Thomas Graen, Darmstadt, DE;
Klaus Anderle, Darmstadt, DE;
Thomas Graen, Darmstadt, DE;
GVBB Holdings S.A.R.L., Luxembourg, DE;
Abstract
A method for controlling a scanning apparatus for scanning a continuously moved object includes seizing the actual momentary position of the moving object, and controlling the time instant or period in which image information is captured by the scanning devices in dependence of the actual momentary position of the object. The scanning apparatus in which the method is used includes a multiplicity of line scanning devices arranged adjacent to each other in the direction of the movement of the moved object. Each of the line scanning devices has a multiplicity of pixels that are arranged adjacent to each other in a direction across a path along which the object is moved. The pixels of the line scanning devices accumulate charges according to the amount of incident light. A controlling means is provided for transferring the charges accumulated in individual pixels to pixels in the adjacent line scanning device in synchronism with direction of the movement and the speed of the moving object. The object is illuminated or transilluminated by a light source.