Method of and system for determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in an imaging-based bar code symbol reader

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7325738
APP PUB NO 20050103863A1
SERIAL NO

10901914

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A method of determining the lower limit of decoding resolution in a digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader. A software-based optical design program is used to generate the composite DOF chart of image formation optics employed in the digital imaging-based bar code symbol reader. The modulation transfer function (MTF) of the object image is used to determine the smallest mil size code that can be decoded, at a given object distance, to produce an optical performance curve. The program calculates the size of the field of view (FOV) of a single sensor pixel, when projected through the image formation optics and out into object space. For both the 1.4 and 1.6 sampling limit pixel rules, the calculated FOV values are plotted on the same axes as the optical performance curve. Using graphical solution techniques, the sampling limit line of choice determines the lower limit of the decoding resolution in the imaging-based bar code symbol reader.

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  • METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amundsen, Thomas Turnersville, NJ 148 9830
Au, Ka Man Philadelphia, PA 169 9851
Bonanno, John Woodbury, NJ 46 2192
Byun, Sung Cherry Hill, NJ 50 2299
Ghosh, Sankar Boothwyn, PA 90 3959
Hou, Rui Suzhou, CN 138 3201
Knowles, C Harry Moorestown, NJ 239 11674
Kotlarsky, Anatoly Holland, PA 143 9509
Liu, Liang Suzhou, CN 768 9740
Liu, Yong Suzhou, CN 1235 24302
Russell, Garrett Wilmington, DE 106 4220
Schmidt, Mark Williamstown, NJ 191 7259
Schnee, Michael Aston, PA 50 6907
Spatafore, Pasqual Marlton, NJ 35 2021
Tao, Xi Suzhou, CN 79 5814
Yu, Hongpeng Tianjin, CN 51 2255
Zhang, Wenhua Suzhou, CN 76 2386
Zhu, Xiaoxun Marlton, NJ 309 26903

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