Tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets

A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for transporting objects therethrough, and an image capturing and processing subsystem embodied within the tunnel conf...

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Main Authors Tsikos, Constantine J, Knowles, C. Harry, Zhu, Xiaoxun, Schnee, Michael D, Au, Ka Man, Wirth, Allan, Good, Timothy A, Jankevics, Andrew, Ghosh, Sankar, Naylor, Charles A, Amundsen, Thomas, Blake, Robert, Svedas, William, Defoney, Shawn, Skypala, Edward, Vatan, Pirooz, Dobbs, Russell Joseph, Kolis, George, Schmidt, Mark C, Yorsz, Jeffery, Giordano, Patrick A, Colavito, Stephen J, Wilz, Sr, David W, Schwartz, Barry E, Kim, Steven Y, Fisher, Dale, Van Tassell, Jon
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Abstract A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for transporting objects therethrough, and an image capturing and processing subsystem embodied within the tunnel configuration, for generating a 3D digital imaging volume above the conveyor structure and within the tunnel configuration, for capturing digital 1D images of objects transported through the 3D imaging volume. The image capturing and processing subsystem includes a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations. Each station includes a linear imaging array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) on the linear imaging array that is projected and extends into the 3D imaging volume, and one or more light emitting devices configured together to produce a substantially planar illumination beam (PLIB) that extends in substantially along the same plane as the FOV of the linear imaging array so that each the linear imaging array and corresponding one or more light emitting devices produce at least one coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects into the 3D imaging volume. A digital image processing subsystem processing digital 1D images of objects passing through the 3D imaging volume, and a system control subsystem controls and/or orchestrates the coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems during system operation.
AbstractList A tunnel-type digital imaging system for use within retail shopping environments such as supermarkets. The system includes a tunnel configuration arranged about a conveyor structure for transporting objects therethrough, and an image capturing and processing subsystem embodied within the tunnel configuration, for generating a 3D digital imaging volume above the conveyor structure and within the tunnel configuration, for capturing digital 1D images of objects transported through the 3D imaging volume. The image capturing and processing subsystem includes a plurality of coplanar illumination and imaging stations. Each station includes a linear imaging array having optics providing a field of view (FOV) on the linear imaging array that is projected and extends into the 3D imaging volume, and one or more light emitting devices configured together to produce a substantially planar illumination beam (PLIB) that extends in substantially along the same plane as the FOV of the linear imaging array so that each the linear imaging array and corresponding one or more light emitting devices produce at least one coplanar illumination and imaging plane that projects into the 3D imaging volume. A digital image processing subsystem processing digital 1D images of objects passing through the 3D imaging volume, and a system control subsystem controls and/or orchestrates the coplanar illumination and imaging subsystems during system operation.
Author Giordano, Patrick A
Zhu, Xiaoxun
Vatan, Pirooz
Schnee, Michael D
Svedas, William
Defoney, Shawn
Au, Ka Man
Tsikos, Constantine J
Good, Timothy A
Amundsen, Thomas
Skypala, Edward
Colavito, Stephen J
Wirth, Allan
Naylor, Charles A
Schmidt, Mark C
Kim, Steven Y
Blake, Robert
Yorsz, Jeffery
Van Tassell, Jon
Wilz, Sr, David W
Schwartz, Barry E
Ghosh, Sankar
Kolis, George
Knowles, C. Harry
Fisher, Dale
Dobbs, Russell Joseph
Jankevics, Andrew
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