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Detection of image data of a moving object

US11375102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SICK AG · DE

Inventors

Romain MÜLLER · Waldkirch, DE
Tobias Pontiggia · Waldkirch, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 28, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N23/671
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A camera for detecting an object moved through a detection zone is provided that has an image sensor for recording image data, a reception optics having a focus adjustment unit for setting a focal position, a distance sensor for measuring a distance value from the object, and a control and evaluation unit connected to the distance sensor and the focus adjustment unit to set a focal position in dependence on the distance value, and to trigger a recording of image data at a focal position at which there is a focus deviation from a focal position that is ideal in accordance with the measured distance value, with the focus deviation remaining small enough for a required image definition of the image data.

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