US 11,811,983 B2
Methods and system for imaging of moving printed materials by an optical device having plurality of cameras arranged in an array
Lee M. Clark, Ewing, NJ (US)
Assigned to SYS-TECH SOLUTIONS, INC., Princeton, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/010,565
Filed by SYS-TECH SOLUTIONS, INC., Princeton, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/037629
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/257704, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,898, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0231955 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); G06V 30/146 (2022.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00251 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00209 (2013.01); H04N 1/00328 (2013.01); H04N 1/00358 (2013.01); H04N 1/00501 (2013.01); H04N 1/00734 (2013.01); H04N 1/02815 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); G06K 15/1885 (2013.01); G06V 30/147 (2022.01); H04N 1/00135 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for capturing images during production of printed material, the system comprising:
an optical device comprising a plurality of cameras arranged in an array, wherein adjacent pairs of cameras in the array have overlapping fields of view; and
an imaging controller device configured to:
determine a layout of content on printed material,
determine, based on the layout of content on the printed material, an optical system configuration profile, including i) selecting one or more cameras, among the plurality of cameras, for capturing images of one or more regions of interest on the printed material, the one or more cameras being selected such that each region of interest among the one or more regions of interest fits, in its entirety, in a field of view of a particular camera among the one or more cameras, and ii) determining a trigger interval for triggering the selected one or more cameras, and
trigger the selected one or more cameras at times determined based on the trigger interval to capture images of the one or more regions of interest on the printed material as the printed material moves in fields of view of the one or more cameras during production of the printed material.