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US 11,281,868 B2Granted
Modular vision system and methods
AssigneeCognex Corporation
InventorsLaurens Nunnink, Carl Gerst, III, Rene Delasauce
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Abstract
A modular sensor system for use with a faceplate mountable to a housing can include first and second optical modules. Each of the optical modules can be configured to be removably receivable within either of a first mounting aperture or a second mounting aperture of the faceplate, in either of a first orientation or a second orientation.
Claims20
A modular sensor system comprising:
- a housing;
- a faceplate removably mountable to the housing, the faceplate having a first squared mounting aperture and a second squared mounting aperture;
- a first squared modular mounting body supporting a first optical device;
- and
- a second squared modular mounting body supporting a second optical device;
- each of the first and second mounting bodies being separately removably securable within either of the first or second mounting apertures in either of a first orientation or a second orientation.
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A modular sensor system comprising:
- a faceplate having a first mounting aperture and a second mounting aperture;
- a first optical module including a first optical device secured to a first mounting body, the first mounting body being selectively securable within either the first or second mounting apertures in a first plurality of rotationally distinct orientations for operation of the first optical device;
- and
- a second optical module including a second optical device secured to a second mounting body, the second mounting body being selectively securable within either the first or second mounting apertures in a second plurality of rotationally distinct orientations for operation of the second optical device.
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A modular sensor system for a machine vision system that includes a faceplate with a first mounting aperture and a second mounting aperture, the modular sensor system comprising:
- a plurality of optical modules, each of the optical modules including a mounting body and at least one of an optical device or a lens mount;
- wherein a first-side mounting portion and a second-side mounting portion of each of the mounting bodies are configured to engage either of a first-side mounting portion or a second-side mounting portion of either of the first or second mounting apertures to secure the respective mounting body to the faceplate and against rotation relative to the respective first or second mounting aperture with the respective mounting body in any of a plurality of mounting orientations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.