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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2016
Applicants:
Lustrous Electro-optics Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Lustrous Technology Ltd., New Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Chia-Chi Liu, New Taipei, TW;
Chih-Wei Tsai, New Taipei, TW;
Assignees:
LUSTROUS ELECTRO-OPTICS LTD., New Taipei, TW;
LUSTROUS TECHNOLOGY LTD., New Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10722 (2013.01); G06K 7/1426 (2013.01);
Abstract
A 3D-structured pattern reading system, including: an object having a front face formed with a 3D-structured pattern for representing predetermined data; and a reading device including a camera unit and a liquid lens unit, wherein the liquid lens unit has a variable focal length controlled by the camera unit to scan the 3D-structured pattern to derive the predetermined data with the object being placed at a distance not exceeding a maximum limit of the variable focal length from the liquid lens unit.