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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Hexagon Technology Center Gmbh, Heerbrugg, CH;
Inventors:
Urs Vokinger, Au, CH;
Heinz Lippuner, Rebstein, CH;
Assignee:
HEXAGON TECHNOLOGY CENTER GMBH, Heerbrugg, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34 (2006.01); G01D 5/347 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D 5/34776 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49 (2015.01);
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for determining absolute coding represented by code elements of an optical code track, with illumination of the absolute coding with light, modulating of some of the illuminating light on code elements, determining of the absolute coding as modulated light and continuously varying modulation of the light on neighboring code elements.