Illumination Setting Support Apparatus Of Optical Information Reading Apparatus
AssigneeKeyence Corporation
InventorsShigeo Nakamura, Hajime Matsuda
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Abstract
There is provided an illumination setting support apparatus that enables a user to easily set an optimal lighting pattern while visually checking. A schematic diagram of the illumination unit is displayed in the setting screen, so that clicking on a desired area inside this schematic diagram allows the arbitrary area to be selected from eight areas in the circumferential row of the “outermost circumference” of the external illumination unit. Lighting pattern information is transmitted to a bar code reader and is transferred to the external illumination unit. Imaging is performed while executing illumination control in accordance with the lighting pattern to thereby immediately display a live image on a PC.
Claims7
An illumination setting support apparatus that supports setting of illumination of an optical information reading apparatus that reads optical information while illuminating the optical information given to a work with a surface light source with a plurality of illumination LEDs arrayed two-dimensionally, the illumination setting support apparatus comprising:
- an illumination model recognizing device that recognizes a model of an external illumination unit connected to the optical information reading apparatus;
- a schematic diagram display device that displays a diagram schematically expressing all areas resulting from dividing, into a plurality of areas, the surface light source of the external illumination unit whose model is recognized;
- an area selecting device that enables a user to select at least one of the areas from the schematic diagram displayed by the schematic display device;
- a lighting pattern transmitting device that transmits a lighting pattern defining the selected area to the optical information reading apparatus, when the area is selected by the area selecting device;
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- a picked-up image display device that acquires an image that the optical information reading apparatus picks up while controlling lighting of the external illumination unit in accordance with the lighting pattern, and displays the picked-up image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.