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Video bus for a vision system

US4959802A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 1985
Grant dateSep 25, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D1/0225
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A vision system provides an apparatus and method for obtaining an image of a manufacturing apparatus that is electrically controllable. The vision system has a video bus that transmits the actual pixel value synchronized with a pixel clock, frame and line strobes which are used to synchronized each unit of the vision system, a field index bit, and provision for a pixel valid bit are included. A gray scale image of the manufacturing apparatus is obtained and is used to generate control commands that control the manufacturing apparatus.

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