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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Cognex Corporation, Natick, MA (US);
Inventors:
William H. Equitz, Portland, OR (US);
Paul Burrell, Wilsonville, OR (US);
Assignee:
COGNEX CORPORATION, Natick, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01); H04N 2201/02483 (2013.01);
Abstract
Vision systems including a swappable camera and methods of making and using the swappable camera are disclosed. The swappable camera can include an alignment indicator storing alignment data representative of an array-housing alignment of a sensor array relative to a camera housing. The swappable camera can have a desired sensor array position. A region of interest that is concentric with the desired sensor array position can be determined using the alignment data and an image can be acquired using only pixels of the sensor array that are located within the region of interest.