Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Patent
1992-05-26
1994-07-05
Mancuso, Joseph
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
348241, 358486, H04N 973
Patent
active
053271718
ABSTRACT:
The camera system of the present invention simultaneously searches for a number of differing optical acquisition targets. This system may decode, for example, both bar codes and concentric rings. The scan signal is constantly adjusted according to both a dark reference for correcting offset and a white reference for correcting gain. The gain is also corrected according to the scanning rate as well as the amount of illumination present. A measure of this illumination may be applied directly to the optical scanning device by way of a fiber optic cable which transmits light from the illumination source. Optical calibration is eliminated by fixed optics wherein all optical elements are rigidly mounted at very close tolerances. The illumination source is disposed on one focus of an ellipse wherein the other focus is disposed at the maximum scanning distance and the reflector is formed to define the illumination ellipse to maximize the light applied to the object. The various heat producing elements are disposed in sealed compartments which are cooled by forced air which is circulated through a heat exchanger. A real time focusing system is provided wherein the distance from the scanning device to an opposing surface is constantly monitored and the system is constantly focused according to the distance.
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Esslinger Robert H.
Mulligan Joseph P.
Skinger Gregory P.
Smith Steven L.
Drobile James A.
Golub Daniel H.
Greening Wendy R.
Mancuso Joseph
Murray William H.
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