DE69332444D1 - Abtastsystem und Verfahren - Google Patents

Abtastsystem und Verfahren

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DE69332444D1
DE69332444D1 DE69332444T DE69332444T DE69332444D1 DE 69332444 D1 DE69332444 D1 DE 69332444D1 DE 69332444 T DE69332444 T DE 69332444T DE 69332444 T DE69332444 T DE 69332444T DE 69332444 D1 DE69332444 D1 DE 69332444D1
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scan output
white reference
optical scanning
providing
reference signal
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Steven L Smith
Joseph P Mulligan
Gregory P Skinger
Robert H Esslinger
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United Parcel Service of America Inc
United Parcel Service Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/1092—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices sensing by means of TV-scanning
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
    • G06K7/10821—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum further details of bar or optical code scanning devices
    • G06K7/10851—Circuits for pulse shaping, amplifying, eliminating noise signals, checking the function of the sensing device
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/14—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K7/14—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation using light without selection of wavelength, e.g. sensing reflected white light
    • G06K7/1404—Methods for optical code recognition
    • G06K7/1439—Methods for optical code recognition including a method step for retrieval of the optical code
    • G06K7/1443—Methods for optical code recognition including a method step for retrieval of the optical code locating of the code in an image
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
    • G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
    • G06K2007/10485—Arrangement of optical elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K2207/00—Other aspects
    • G06K2207/1013—Multi-focal
DE69332444T 1992-05-26 1993-05-19 Abtastsystem und Verfahren Expired - Lifetime DE69332444T2 (de)

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US07/889,037 US5327171A (en) 1992-05-26 1992-05-26 Camera system optics

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EP (2) EP0571891B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE175510T1 (de)
DE (2) DE69332444T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0571891T3 (de)
ES (2) ES2129051T3 (de)
GR (1) GR3029659T3 (de)

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DE69332444T2 (de) 2003-07-10
EP0855665A3 (de) 1999-11-17
DE69322902T2 (de) 1999-07-29
EP0571891A3 (en) 1994-07-13
ATE175510T1 (de) 1999-01-15
GR3029659T3 (en) 1999-06-30
ES2186031T3 (es) 2003-05-01
EP0571891B1 (de) 1999-01-07
ES2129051T3 (es) 1999-06-01
EP0855665A2 (de) 1998-07-29
DK0571891T3 (da) 1999-07-19
EP0571891A2 (de) 1993-12-01
EP0855665B1 (de) 2002-10-23
US5327171A (en) 1994-07-05
US5430282A (en) 1995-07-04
DE69322902D1 (de) 1999-02-18

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