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Determining a module size of an optical code

US11182578B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SICK AG · DE

Inventors

Pascal SCHÜLER · Waldkirch, DE
Marcel HAMPF · Waldkirch, DE
Fredrik Olsson · Lund, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 2, 2020
Grant date	Nov 23, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K2007/10504
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for determining a module size of an optical code (20), wherein image data with the code (20) are detected, a brightness distribution is determined from the image data, and the module size is determined from the brightness distribution. The brightness distribution for example is a greyscale histogram.

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