CA2190189A1 - Method and Apparatus for Illumination and Imaging of a Surface - Google Patents

Method and Apparatus for Illumination and Imaging of a Surface

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CA2190189A1
CA2190189A1 CA2190189A CA2190189A CA2190189A1 CA 2190189 A1 CA2190189 A1 CA 2190189A1 CA 2190189 A CA2190189 A CA 2190189A CA 2190189 A CA2190189 A CA 2190189A CA 2190189 A1 CA2190189 A1 CA 2190189A1
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illumination
polarizing film
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CA2190189C (en
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Joe Zheng
John W. Sussmeier
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United Parcel Service of America Inc
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Abstract

An apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface includes an apparatus for illuminating the surface, an apparatus for obtaining an image of the illuminated surface and providing an output signal representative of the obtained image, and an apparatus for limiting the exposure time of the image-obtaining apparatus to a selected fast exposure time less than the video frame rate of the image-obtaining apparatus. The image-obtaining apparatus may be a CCD-based camera (40). The CCD-based camera and the illumination apparatus may be mounted in a shroud (20) having an opaque side wall. A first polarizing film (100) may be provided intermediate the illumination apparatus and the surface, and a second polarizing film (102), having a polarization orientation orthogonal to that of the first polarizing film, may be provided intermediate to the surface and the image-obtaining apparatus. Tip switches (130, 132) may be provided to prevent activation of the illumination apparatus and the image obtaining apparatus except when a loser edge of the shroud side wall is in contact with the surface.
CA002190189A 1993-02-19 1994-02-18 Method and apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface Expired - Lifetime CA2190189C (en)

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US08/020,295 1993-02-19
US08/020,295 US5399852A (en) 1993-02-19 1993-02-19 Method and apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface employing cross polarization
CA002156153A CA2156153C (en) 1993-02-19 1994-02-18 Method and apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface
PCT/US1994/001803 WO1994019766A2 (en) 1993-02-19 1994-02-18 Method and apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface

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CA002156153A Division CA2156153C (en) 1993-02-19 1994-02-18 Method and apparatus for illumination and imaging of a surface

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