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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Sateesha Nadabar, Framingham, MA (US);
Carl W Gerst, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Sateesha Nadabar, Framingham, MA (US);
Carl W Gerst, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Cognex Technology and Investment LLC, Natick, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G08C 21/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/1447 (2013.01); G06K 5/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and apparatus for analysis of images of direct part mark identification codes to measure and assess a print quality. Methods to assess the quality of a direct part mark identification code are presented that provide diagnostic information of a code that cannot be assessed using verification methods that require the results of a valid decoding step.