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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2013
Applicants:
Johan Calcoen, Lueven, BE;
Thomas Van DE Laak, Kranenburg, DE;
Inventors:
Johan Calcoen, Lueven, BE;
Thomas van de Laak, Kranenburg, DE;
Assignee:
KEY TECHNOLOGY, INC., Walla Walla, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/85 (2006.01); G01N 23/20 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 23/20 (2013.01); B07C 5/342 (2013.01); G01N 21/85 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object imaging assembly includes a source of individual objects which move along a predetermined course of travel; an image capture device having a line of sight which extends across the course of travel; and an electromagnetic radiation emitter which emits electromagnetic radiation in a beam which extends transversely across the predetermined course of travel and the line of sight.