Method and apparatus for rapid image capture in an image system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a single trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system;
capturing multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first image and at least one subsequent image, wherein capturing the multiple images comprises capturing at least one of the multiple images via an external camera coupled to the automated identification system, and wherein capturing at least one of the multiple images via the external camera includes configuring the automated identification system to receive an input from the external camera via switching to the external camera in response to user-specified criteria that include an image-capture-quantity parameter; and
processing the multiple images in a multi-core, multi-thread processor to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images.
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Abstract
Embodiments of a method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for rapidly capturing images in an automated identification system to effectively extend one dimension of a field of view of an image system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the image system captures and processes multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of a component in the automated identification system in response to a trigger signal communicated from a triggering device configured to sense a location of the component. Various embodiments of the invention include multiple sources for capturing images, and/or multiple user-specified schemas for effectively extending the field of view of the image system along the axis of component travel in the automated identification system.
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36 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a single trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system; capturing multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first image and at least one subsequent image, wherein capturing the multiple images comprises capturing at least one of the multiple images via an external camera coupled to the automated identification system, and wherein capturing at least one of the multiple images via the external camera includes configuring the automated identification system to receive an input from the external camera via switching to the external camera in response to user-specified criteria that include an image-capture-quantity parameter; and processing the multiple images in a multi-core, multi-thread processor to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a machine-readable medium that provides instructions, including instructions to; process a received trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system; capture multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the received trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first image and at least one subsequent image, wherein the instructions to capture multiple images include instructions to switch between two or more sources configured to capture the multiple images, wherein the instructions to switch between the two or more sources include instructions to switch from one source to another source in response to an occurrence of user-specified criteria that include an image-capture-quantity parameter; store the multiple images in a memory; and process the multiple images in a multi-core, multi-thread processor to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method comprising:
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receiving a single trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system; capturing multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first image and at least one subsequent image, wherein capturing the multiple images comprises capturing at least one of the multiple images via an external camera coupled to the automated identification system, and wherein capturing at least one of the multiple images via the external camera includes configuring the automated identification system to receive an input from the external camera via switching to the external camera in response to user-specified criteria that include a time parameter; and processing the multiple images in a multi-core, multi-thread processor to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An article of manufacture comprising:
a machine-readable medium that provides instructions, including instructions to; process a received trigger signal communicated from a triggering device in response to a location of a component in an automated identification system; capture multiple images of at least a portion of a surface of the component in response to the received trigger signal, the multiple images comprising a series of images including a first image and at least one subsequent image, wherein the instructions to capture multiple images include instructions to switch between two or more sources configured to capture the multiple images, wherein the instructions to switch between the two or more sources include instructions to switch from one source to another source in response to an occurrence of user-specified criteria that include a time parameter; store the multiple images in a memory; and process the multiple images in a multi-core, multi-thread processor to identify and read a symbol code, if any, contained within at least one or a combination of two or more of the multiple images. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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