Digital image capturing and processing system employing an image capturing and processing module and an integrated electronic weigh scale module having a load cell centrally located with respect to said image capturing and processing module
First Claim
1. A digital image capturing and processing system comprising:
- a system housing;
a digital image capturing and processing module, including a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations, disposed in said housing; and
an integrated electronic weigh scale module disposed in said system housing and having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to said digital image capturing and processing module;
wherein said digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with said integrated electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between said digital image capturing and processing module and said integrated electronic weigh scale module when said digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto said integrated electronic weigh scale module, and said electronic load cell bears the weight of said digital image capturing and processing module;
wherein said digital image capturing and processing module has a thin tablet form factor, and can be removed from said integrated electronic weigh scale module during maintenance operations, so as to reveal said centrally located load cell, and said touch-fit electrical inter-connectors.
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Abstract
Digital image capturing and processing system comprising a digital image capturing and processing module, and an integrated electronic weigh scale module having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to the digital image capturing and processing module. The digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with the electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between the two modules when the digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto the electronic weigh scale module, and the electronic load cell bears the weight of the digital image capturing and processing module.
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15 Claims
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1. A digital image capturing and processing system comprising:
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a system housing; a digital image capturing and processing module, including a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations, disposed in said housing; and an integrated electronic weigh scale module disposed in said system housing and having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with said integrated electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between said digital image capturing and processing module and said integrated electronic weigh scale module when said digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto said integrated electronic weigh scale module, and said electronic load cell bears the weight of said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module has a thin tablet form factor, and can be removed from said integrated electronic weigh scale module during maintenance operations, so as to reveal said centrally located load cell, and said touch-fit electrical inter-connectors.
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2. A digital image capturing and processing system comprising:
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a system housing having an imaging window; a digital image capturing and processing module disposed in said system housing; and an integrated electronic weigh scale module disposed in said system housing and having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with said electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between said digital image capturing and processing module and said integrated electronic weigh scale module when said digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto said electronic weigh scale module, and said electronic load cell bears the weight of said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module includes a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations disposed within said system housing; wherein each said coplanar illumination and imaging station includes (i) an array of planar illumination modules (PLIMs) for producing a substantially planar illumination beam (PLIB), wherein each said PLIM includes at least one illumination source and optics for producing said PLIB, and (ii) a linear image detection array having a field of view (FOV) on said linear image detection array and extending in substantially the same plane as said PLIB, so as to provide a coplanar illumination and imaging plane (PLIB/FOV) that is projected through a 3D imaging volume defined relative to said imaging window, for capturing linear (1D) digital images of the object passing said imaging window, for subsequent processing and recognition of information graphically represented in said linear digital images. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A digital image capturing and processing system comprising:
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a system housing; a digital image capturing and processing module, including a plurality of illumination and imaging stations, disposed in said system housing; and an integrated electronic weigh scale module disposed in said system housing and having a load cell that is centrally located with respect to said digital image capturing and processing module; wherein said digital image capturing and processing module electrically interfaces with said electronic weigh scale module by way of touch-fit electrical inter-connectors that automatically establish all electrical interconnections between said digital image capturing and processing module and said integrated electronic weigh scale module when said digital image capturing and processing module is placed onto said electronic weigh scale module, and said electronic load cell bears the weight of said digital image capturing and processing module; and wherein said digital image capturing and processing module has a thin tablet form factor, and can be removed from said electronic weigh scale module during maintenance operations, so as to reveal said centrally located load cell, and said touch-fit electrical inter-connectors.
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