Digital image capture and processing system supporting a presentation mode of system operation which employs a combination of video and snapshot modes of image detection array operation during a single cycle of system operation
US8157175B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 12, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/109
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital image capture and processing system including a housing having an imaging window; and an image formation and detection subsystem supporting a snap-shot mode of the operation and a video mode of operation. The system includes image formation optics for projecting a field of view (FOV) through said imaging window and upon an object within the FOV, and forming an image of the object on an area-type image detection array having a plurality of rows of image detection elements, and detecting 2D digital images of the object while object illumination and imaging operations. The system also includes an illumination subsystem, with an illumination array, for producing a field of illumination within the FOV, and illuminating the object detected in the FOV, so that the illumination reflects off the object and is transmitted back through the light transmission aperture and onto the image detection array to form the 2D digital image of the object. The digital image capture and processing system supports a presentation mode employing a combination of video and snap-shot modes of image detection array operation during a single cycle of system operation.
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