Patent ID: 7395971
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G02B,G06K

Abstract:
1. A method of equalizing the illumination produced by a planar laser illumination array within a planar laser illumination and electronic imaging system, comprising the steps of: providing an image formation and detection module having imaging optics with a field of view (FOV) focused upon an image detecting array; providing a planar laser illumination array having a plurality of planar laser illumination modules, each planar laser illumination module producing a planar laser beam component during image formation and detection operations, which are combined to produce a composite planar laser illumination beam extending through a working range of said FOV, wherein said working range includes both near and far fields, if the near field illumination is brighter than the far field illumination: if the far field illumination is brighter than the near field illumination: