DEVICE AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT

摘要

A device for acquiring two-dimensional images of a three-dimensional object including a housing having a receptacle for receiving the object. The receptacle has a floor and an interior sidewall. The sidewall has at least one sight window and a plurality of lights for illuminating the object. A rotatable turntable is positioned on the floor of the receptacle, and the object is positioned on the turntable. At least one camera having an iris is located within the housing and positioned so that the iris can obtain images of the object through the sight window, allowing the camera to obtain still images of the object as the object is rotated on the turntable. There is also provided methods for stitching the still images of the three-dimensional object into a two-dimensional image to facilitate optical character recognition and further data processing.

主权项

1. A method for acquiring a two-dimensional image of a three-dimensional object including the steps of:
(a) providing a camera for obtaining images of the object; (b) calculating the width of the object; (c) determining the width of an image stripe based upon the width of the object, the width of the image stripe being less than the width of the object; (d) capturing a first image stripe of the object; (e) rotating the object to a second position; (f) capturing a second image stripe of the object; and (g) stitching together the first and second image strips of the object to form the two-dimensional image.