Method of and system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces having arbitrary surface geometry
First Claim
1. system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces of arbitrary surface geometry moving relative to said system, said system comprises:
- an object profiling subsystem for profiling a 3-D object surface of arbitrary surface geometry moving past said system, and producing a series of linear 3-D surface profile maps of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves past said system, wherein each said linear 3-D surface profile map comprises a set of 3-D coordinates specifying the location of sampled points along said moving 3-D object surface;
a linear imaging subsystem for producing a series of linear high-resolution 2-D images of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves pest said system, wherein each said linear high-resolution 2-D image comprises a set of pixel intensity values, and each said pixel intensity value being assigned set of two-dimensional coordinates specifying the location of the pixel in said linear high-resolution 2-D image; and
an image processing computer for constructing high-resolution 3-D images of said 3-D object surface using said linear 3-D surface profile maps and said high-resolution 2-D linear images of said moving object surface.
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Abstract
Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system. Preferably, each planar laser illumination beam component is focused so that the minimum beam width thereof occurs at a point or plane which is the farthest or maximum object distance at which the system is designed to acquire images, thereby compensating for decreases in the power density of the incident planar laser illumination beam due to the fact that the width of the planar laser illumination beam increases in length for increasing object distances away from the imaging optics. By virtue of the present invention, it is now possible to use both VLDs and high-speed CCD-type image detectors in conveyor, hand-held and hold-under type scanning applications alike, enjoying the advantages and benefits that each such technology has to offer, while avoiding the shortcomings and drawbacks hitherto associated therewith.
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11 Claims
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1. system for producing high-resolution 3-D images of 3-D object surfaces of arbitrary surface geometry moving relative to said system, said system comprises:
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an object profiling subsystem for profiling a 3-D object surface of arbitrary surface geometry moving past said system, and producing a series of linear 3-D surface profile maps of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves past said system, wherein each said linear 3-D surface profile map comprises a set of 3-D coordinates specifying the location of sampled points along said moving 3-D object surface;
a linear imaging subsystem for producing a series of linear high-resolution 2-D images of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves pest said system, wherein each said linear high-resolution 2-D image comprises a set of pixel intensity values, and each said pixel intensity value being assigned set of two-dimensional coordinates specifying the location of the pixel in said linear high-resolution 2-D image; and
an image processing computer for constructing high-resolution 3-D images of said 3-D object surface using said linear 3-D surface profile maps and said high-resolution 2-D linear images of said moving object surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of producing high-resolution 3-D images of moving 3-D object surfaces of arbitrary surface geometry, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) profiling a 3-D object surface of arbitrary surface geometry moving past an object profiling subsystem, and producing a series of linear 3-D surface profile maps of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves past said subsystem, wherein each said linear 3-D surface profile map comprises a set of 3-D coordinates specifying the location of sampled points along said moving 3-D object surface;
(b) producing a series of linear high-resolution 2-D images of said moving 3-D object surface as said 3-D object surface moves past a linear imaging subsystem, wherein each said linear high-resolution 2-D image comprises a set of pixel intensity values, and each said pixel intensity value being assigned a set of two-dimensional coordinates specifying the location of the pixel in said linear high-resolution 2-D image; and
(c) constructing high-resolution 3-D image of said 3-D object surface using said linear 3-D surface profile maps and said high-resolution 2-D linear images of said moving object surface. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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- 9. A method of recognizing graphical intelligence recorded on planar substrates that have been physically distorted as a result of either (i) application of the graphical intelligence to an arbitrary 3-D object surface, or (ii) deformation of a 3-D object on which the graphical intelligence has been rendered.
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11. A method of recognizing graphical intelligence, originally formatted for application onto planar surfaces, but applied to non-planar surfaces or otherwise to substrates having surface characteristics which differ from the surface characteristics (or which the graphical intelligence was originally designed without spatial distortion.
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