Imaging engine employing planar light illumination and linear imaging
First Claim
1. A self-contained imaging engine comprising:
- a plurality of linear imaging arrays and image formation optics that provide field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear image arrays;
at least one illumination module that produces planar light illumination that substantially overlaps the field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear imaging arrays; and
supporting circuitry that operably cooperates with said plurality of linear image arrays and said at least one illumination module during operation of the imaging engine, wherein said plurality of linear imaging arrays, image formation optics, at least one illumination module, and supporting circuitry are embodied within a modular engine housing.
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Abstract
An imaging engine includes a plurality of linear imaging arrays, image formation optics, one or more illumination module and supporting circuitry that are embodied within a modular engine housing. The plurality of linear imaging arrays and image formation optics are mounted on an optical bench and provide field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear image arrays. The one illumination module produces planar light illumination that substantially overlaps the field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear imaging arrays. The imaging engine can compensate for aspect ratio distortions that result from variations in velocity of engine with respect to target object(s). The engine can adjust the optical power level and/or illumination time period for the illumination that overlaps one or more of the FOVs of the linear imaging arrays of the engine for speckle reduction/constant white levels. The engine also supports image velocity estimation, aspect ratio compensation, jitter estimation and compensation, bar code detection, OCR, and image lift operations.
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1. A self-contained imaging engine comprising:
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a plurality of linear imaging arrays and image formation optics that provide field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear image arrays;
at least one illumination module that produces planar light illumination that substantially overlaps the field of views corresponding to the plurality of linear imaging arrays; and
supporting circuitry that operably cooperates with said plurality of linear image arrays and said at least one illumination module during operation of the imaging engine, wherein said plurality of linear imaging arrays, image formation optics, at least one illumination module, and supporting circuitry are embodied within a modular engine housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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