Handheld apparatus for quantifying component features

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9803975
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15069308

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A handheld device and method using the device, the device comprising a sensor receiving light from within a field of view (FOV) to generate a plurality of consecutive images of the FOV, a structured light source that is controllable to generate a plurality of light patterns, the source arranged to project at least one light patterns into the FOV where at least a portion of a pattern reflects from an object and is captured by the sensor and a processor to receive images, the processor programmed to control the source to project a pattern into the FOV, locate the pattern in at least one of the generated images, locate discontinuities in the pattern and use the discontinuities to measure at least one dimension.

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  • COGNEX CORPORATION

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Gerst,, III Carl W Clifton Park, US 42 2034
Moed, Michael C Hopkinton, US 32 1850

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