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Method and an apparatus for the identification and localization of objects

US6641042B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

SICK AG · DE

Inventors

Hans-Werner Pierenkemper · Emmendingen, DE
Reinhold Kilian · Waldkirch, DE
Jurgen Reichenbach · Emmendingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 22, 2000
Grant date	Nov 4, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K17/0022
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described for the identification and localization of objects, where at least one transponder provided on the respective object is excited to emit transponder data stored in the transponder which characterize the respective object and where the transponder data emitted are detected. The object is additionally scanned by at least one optical sensor. Furthermore, the object is identified and its location determined from a combination of optical data detected by the optical sensor and the transponder data identified. Furthermore, a corresponding apparatus for the performance of the method is described.

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