WO1997022082A1 - Multi-focal vision system - Google Patents
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- WO1997022082A1 WO1997022082A1 PCT/US1996/020390 US9620390W WO9722082A1 WO 1997022082 A1 WO1997022082 A1 WO 1997022082A1 US 9620390 W US9620390 W US 9620390W WO 9722082 A1 WO9722082 A1 WO 9722082A1
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- G06K7/00—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns
- G06K7/10—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation
- G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- G06K7/10712—Fixed beam scanning
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- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
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- G06K7/10544—Methods or arrangements for sensing record carriers, e.g. for reading patterns by electromagnetic radiation, e.g. optical sensing; by corpuscular radiation by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
- G06K7/10792—Special measures in relation to the object to be scanned
- G06K7/10801—Multidistance reading
- G06K7/10811—Focalisation
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DE69609085T DE69609085T2 (en) | 1995-12-15 | 1996-12-13 | VIEWING SYSTEM WITH SEVERAL FOCAL POINTS |
EP96945630A EP0867012B1 (en) | 1995-12-15 | 1996-12-13 | Multi-focal vision system |
JP9522277A JP2954708B2 (en) | 1995-12-15 | 1996-12-13 | Multifocal imaging system |
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