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US 9,794,462 B2Granted
Illumination system with side-emitting illumination, targeting, and confirmation
AssigneeMicroscan Systems, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J. Zosel, Michael C. Messina, Brian Thompson
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Abstract
Embodiments are disclosed of a lighting apparatus including a fixture adapted to accommodate a camera having imaging optics that define an optical axis, wherein the fixture includes an open end through which the imaging optics can capture an image. One or more side-emitting illumination light sources are positioned adjacent to the open end, the plurality of side-emitting light sources positioned to direct light toward a plane intersected by the optical axis. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a fixture adapted to accommodate a camera having imaging optics that define an optical axis, the fixture comprising:
- a base circuit board to which the camera can be mounted with the imaging optics pointing out an open end of the fixture, and
- a pair of spaced-apart circuit boards coupled to the base circuit board, each spaced-apart circuit board having an inside surface whose normal points toward the other and an outside surface whose normal points away from the other spaced-apart circuit board;
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- one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned on the outside surface of at least one spaced-apart circuit board, the one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned to direct light in the direction of the optical axis toward a plane intersected by the optical axis when the camera is present.
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A system comprising:
- a camera including imaging optics that define an optical axis;
- a fixture including:
- a base circuit board to which the camera is mounted with the imaging optics pointing out an open end of the fixture, and
- a pair of spaced-apart circuit boards coupled to the base circuit board, each spaced-apart circuit board having an inside surface whose normal points toward the other and an outside surface whose normal points away from the other spaced-apart circuit board;
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- one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned on the outside surface of at least one spaced-apart circuit board, the one or more arrays of side-emitting illumination light sources positioned to direct light in the direction of the optical axis toward a plane intersected by the optical axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.