US Patent Issued to Cognex on July 8 for "System and method for extending depth of field for 2D vision system cameras in the presence of moving objects" (German, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,087, issued on July 8, was assigned to Cognex Corp. (Natick, Mass.).

"System and method for extending depth of field for 2D vision system cameras in the presence of moving objects" was invented by Jose Fernandez Dorado (Aachen, Germany), Esther Oteo Lozano (Aachen, Germany), Pablo Garcia Campos (Aachen, Germany) and Laurens Nunnink (Simpleveld, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a system and method for enhanced depth of field (DOF) advantageously used in logistics applications, scanning for features and ID codes on objects. It effectively combines a vision system, a glass lens designed for on-axis and S...