Apparatus and method for position determination

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9047280
APP PUB NO 20130206831A1
SERIAL NO

13760633

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An apparatus for position determination has an optical scanning unit which is to be moved relative to a surface and which includes an image sensor for detecting light intensity patterns of light which is reflected by the surface. The apparatus furthermore has an electronic processing unit which is associated with the image sensor and configured to determine a traveled movement path and/or a movement speed of the optical scanning unit relative to the surface from a difference between light intensity patterns detected after one another in time. A further processing unit is configured to produce an intensity correlated signal which correlates with the intensity of the light reflected by the surface. An evaluation device is associated with the image sensor and is configured to recognize a graphical code pattern located on the surface with reference to the intensity correlated signal and to read out information from the code pattern.

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SICK STEGMANN GMBH78166 DONAUESCHINGEN
ATLANTIC ZEISER GMBHCARL-BENZ STRASSE 16 EMMINGEN-LIPTIGEN 78576

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Basler, Stefan Brigachtal, DE 11 9
Stewart, Trevor Gaienhofen, DE 9 28
Wohlfahrt, Karl-Heinz Bodman-Ludwigshafen, DE 10 110

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