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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Sateesh Nadabar, Framingham, MA (US);
William Equitz, Waban, MA (US);
COGNEX CORPORATION, Natick, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for performing a vision process using a camera having a multi-focus lens having a lens field of view where the lens can be set at different focus positions the method comprising the steps of positioning at least one of the camera and an item to be imaged so the lens field of view is directed at the item to be imaged, obtaining a plurality of images where each image is obtained with the lens focus at a different position and after each image is obtained, attempting to perform the machine vision process using the image irrespective of whether or not the lens was focused when the image was obtained.