Vision apparatus
CA 2132346 A1 · Owner: In-Mar-Tech Australia Pty. Ltd. · Inventors: Ciolli, Robert; Hitchens, Denis C.; Mccormack, Stuart M.
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Vision apparatus is disclosed which comprises at least one single-line scan type line scan camera (30 40) mounted for viewing a, passing object (60 150). The cameras (30, 40) are connected with electronic means (50) which includes store means (53) which stores signals indicative of the image of the object throughout line scans. The electronic means (50) includes processing means (52) whhich processes the signals indicative of the image of the object together with a signal representative of at least one of the speed or length of the object to determine a length of the object between line scans. That determined length between line scans is provided to image recognition means (100) and …
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- Filed March 18, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 18, 2013.
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