GB2565247B - Arrangement for, and method of, determining a target distance and adjusting reading parameters of an imaging reader based on target distance - Google Patents

Arrangement for, and method of, determining a target distance and adjusting reading parameters of an imaging reader based on target distance Download PDF

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GB2565247B
GB2565247B GB1818127.1A GB201818127A GB2565247B GB 2565247 B GB2565247 B GB 2565247B GB 201818127 A GB201818127 A GB 201818127A GB 2565247 B GB2565247 B GB 2565247B
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Tan Chinh
D Wittenberg Carl
E Kuchenbrod Harry
P Goren David
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    • G06K7/10722—Photodetector array or CCD scanning
    • G06K7/10732—Light sources
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    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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    • 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
    • G06K7/10792—Special measures in relation to the object to be scanned
    • G06K7/10801—Multidistance reading
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
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    • H04N1/00798—Circuits or arrangements for the control thereof, e.g. using a programmed control device or according to a measured quantity
    • H04N1/00816—Determining the reading area, e.g. eliminating reading of margins
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/024—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original
    • H04N1/02409—Focusing, i.e. adjusting the focus of the scanning head
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/024—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original
    • H04N1/028—Details of scanning heads ; Means for illuminating the original for picture information pick-up
    • H04N1/02815—Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of pick-up head

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US15/165,117 US11009347B2 (en) 2016-05-26 2016-05-26 Arrangement for, and method of, determining a distance to a target to be read by image capture over a range of working distances
US15/170,464 US9800749B1 (en) 2016-06-01 2016-06-01 Arrangement for, and method of, expeditiously adjusting reading parameters of an imaging reader based on target distance
PCT/US2017/032138 WO2017205065A1 (en) 2016-05-26 2017-05-11 Arrangement for, and method of, determining a target distance and adjusting reading parameters of an imaging reader based on target distance

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