ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,998, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Smart camera and image inspection system" was invented by Atsuhito Shigiya (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a use mode in which a smart camera having an illumination control function is connected to an image processing controller, illumination control of the smart camera and illumination control of the image processing controller do not compete with each other. In a master mode, a smart camera turns on an external illuminator by an illumination control function of the smart camera, images light reflected by a workpiece, among beams of light of the ext...