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AssigneeSensis Corporation
InventorsDavid A. Rice, Jacobus M. Oschmann, Edward M. Valovage, Marc J. Viggiano
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There is disclosed a non-contact apparatus and method for reading a surface that has information encoded in a relief pattern thereon. The apparatus comprises an optical transmitter for projecting a line of light onto the relief pattern at a first angle to a normal of the surface; an optical receiver that views the projected line of light at a second angle to the normal of the surface and produces a signal that is representative of an image of the reflection thereon. The image viewed by the receiver has parallactic displacements of the line of illumination that occur transitions between raised and recessed portions of the relief pattern. The displacements are detected by a pattern detector which is coupled to the optical receiver and submitted to a decoder. The optical receiver can be realized as a plurality of light sensors arranged in a linear, or a two dimensional array, together with suitable focusing optics. The optical transmitter can produce either a fan beam of light or sweep a spot of light across the surface.
An non-contact apparatus for reading a surface that has information encoded in a relief pattern thereon, the relief pattern having relatively raised and recessed portions and transitions therebetween, the recessed portions having bottom surfaces and aligned in a lengthwise direction, comprising:
A method for reading a surface that has information encoded in a relief pattern thereon, the relief pattern having relatively raised and recessed portions and transitions therebetween, the recessed portions having bottom surfaces and aligned in a lengthwise direction, comprising the steps of:
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